Thread: [GUI Plugin] Kobo Utilities
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Old 11-17-2021, 11:36 PM   #2323
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Originally Posted by Karellen View Post
Thanks @theducks.

I have not used plugboards before. I would rather keep the title clean.
Looking at the book list on the Kobo, it displays the Title on the first line, Series on the second line and Author on the third line.

So if I add {series}{series_index:0>2s| - | - } with a destination field of Series, will that work?
No, you do not need to do that. The Kobo devices actually understand series info and treats it as such. The series name and index are stored in the database. They are displayed in the list and used for sorting. If you do the above, then the device will treat each book as a being in a separate series. I think the only reason to fiddle with the series name is if you want to adjust if for some reason. Length or putting "The" on the end are probably the main reasons. But, I'm pretty sure the device does the latter when sorting.

The only issue with this is that the device does not read the series metadata from the book when importing them. You need to connect to calibre again to update the metadata for this to happen. After that connection, the series information will be displayed. There is also some hidden stuff happening for the series list and sorting there. But, the driver takes care of that.
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I guess I should also disable Collections in the plugin settings, as I seem to be duplicating the series in Collection and Series.
No, using Series for collections is not very useful now. Personally, I never found them that useful as I just ended up with several hundred collections with one or two books in them.
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