Thread: Sync read status between library and Kobo?
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Old 11-16-2021, 10:07 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by MrSumOne View Post
The option "Change reading status in the device library" is greyed out. Do you know why?
Where and when are you seeing that? If a Kobo device is connected and recognized by calibre, then that menu option should be enabled. You also need to be using either built-in KoboTouch driver or the KoboTouchExtended driver for this to happen. If you connect by some other method, it won't be enabled.

That might not be the function you want to use. That is a simplistic setting of the reading status for books on the device. When it opens, you will be given options to set the reading status to one of 'Read', 'Reading' or 'Unread'. This will set the status for all selected books to that status. And the time read will be set to now.

There is more complete function that can fetch the reading status from Kobo device and store them in the library. You can restore the status to the ereader or another with the same books on it. This needs to be configured in the plugin as it uses several custom columns for the status (last read date, percent read, reading location and status). The details for doing this are in the help in the plugin.
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