Hi all,
I've been using Calibre for a while to side-load .mobi files to Kindle via USB. This is mainly to get around the horrible way Kindle handles Collection/Series.
In order to group the book series together and order the books in proper sequence within the series in the kindle, when I convert my books to Kindle .mobi, I save the filename in the following format:
{series} {series_index:0>2s|#|-}{title}
Before, I configured this in Metadata Plugboard for DEVICE_FOLDER mobi output (this was following help posted long ago on this forum and has worked very well). then I exported the file to a folder first, and then dragged the files into Kindle. when I search for books, the book title would show what follows the filename:
seriesname book#-Title
so If I had a series of Star Wars book, the book title in Kindle will show up nicely in the order of the series:
StarWars #1-The Phantom Menace
StarWars #4-A New Hope
StarWars #5-The Empire Strikes Back
StarWard #6-Return of the Jedi
StarWars #9-Return of the Skywalker
and so on. this makes it significantly easier to group books together when manually adding books to a collection too.
but when I tried to export the file directly from Calibre to Kindle through USB (to workaround the missing cover illustration bug), the filename has the correct format, but the Book when searched in the Kindle only shows the book title (loses the series name).
so now I just get books ordered like this, (titles alphabetized so the book order is all wrong, not to mention very difficult to find them):
The Empires Strikes Back
A New Hope
The Phantom Menace
Return of the Jedi
Return of Skywalker
how do I fix this so the book title displayed in Kindle will show Series title - book# BookTitle format Like I can with the filename? I'm clearly missing some configuration when converting books.. but I can't figure it out.
thanks for any help