MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Since Kobo update, series information doesn't transfer to device

Liudprand · 11-10-2021, 11:22 AM

Thanks very much for this - very helpful.

But I'm still not completely clear about a couple of things. Perhaps I should just lay out what my problem is, and you could let me know if Calibre currently provides a solution?

Basically, on my new Libra 2 (still within the 30-day period for returning it with a fault), I have a lot of side-loaded books that I've spent quite a few hours sorting into collections (fiction, ancient history, life sciences, etc. etc.). I've been advised by Kobo support that I should factory-reset the device to see if that fixes a fault - namely, probably at least once a day, it just freezes and has to reboot, or be restarted manually. They warn that doing this will mean I lose all of the side-loaded books (not so much of a problem), along with annotations, collections information, etc. (a problem).

So, basically I'm wondering if there's a way of backing up the collections information - all of which was entered manually on the device. Is Calibre capable of "reading" that data from the device, in such a way that it can then be re-applied once I've done the reset and re-loaded the books? The guide you linked to looks useful, but not for this exact issue, perhaps?

Thanks again!

11-10-2021, 11:22 AM	#7
Liudprand Zealot Posts: 133 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2021 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Thanks very much for this - very helpful. But I'm still not completely clear about a couple of things. Perhaps I should just lay out what my problem is, and you could let me know if Calibre currently provides a solution? Basically, on my new Libra 2 (still within the 30-day period for returning it with a fault), I have a lot of side-loaded books that I've spent quite a few hours sorting into collections (fiction, ancient history, life sciences, etc. etc.). I've been advised by Kobo support that I should factory-reset the device to see if that fixes a fault - namely, probably at least once a day, it just freezes and has to reboot, or be restarted manually. They warn that doing this will mean I lose all of the side-loaded books (not so much of a problem), along with annotations, collections information, etc. (a problem). So, basically I'm wondering if there's a way of backing up the collections information - all of which was entered manually on the device. Is Calibre capable of "reading" that data from the device, in such a way that it can then be re-applied once I've done the reset and re-loaded the books? The guide you linked to looks useful, but not for this exact issue, perhaps? Thanks again!