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Originally Posted by Phssthpok
So I just transferred all no books, and saw "You have no series". I disconnected, reconnected, diconnected, and the series appear.
So does this mean that every time I transfer any books, I have to go through the same disconnect/reconnect/disconnect rigmarole? If so, AAAARGH!
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In the post below I refer to “Nickel” several times. This is the default software running on your new Kobo. I use Nickel to specify that I'm not talking about alternative software such as KOReader, which can behave differently. Whenever you see “Nickel” on its own, you can read that as “Kobo OS”. (Various patches, including NickelSeries, include Nickel in their names to reflect that they are patching various aspects of the Nickel software. But it is important to remember that these are third-party patches, not official and not supported by Kobo/Rakuten.)
Unfortunately the Nickel import code does not read Series metadata from sideloaded books which is why the “normal” method is to disconnect and then reconnect to Calibre so that it can update the metadata in your device library. The books have to already be imported into your Kobo's onboard database, and then Calibre can update the database with their series. This is why the disconnection is important – it allows Nickel to process the newly added books and add them to its database.
Strongly seconding the recommendation for NickelSeries which patches in a bit of code to the import process so that Nickel reads series metadata while importing new books. This is effectively a third-party bugfix which renders the entire connect/transfer/disconnect-and-import/reconnect/update-metadata rigamarole completely unnecessary. I have been using it and it works great, zero fuss. Also seconding the recommendation for the “force_usb_connection” action in NickelMenu which is so convenient for repeated connections and reconnections to Calibre in a single session. Be warned that I believe it can lock up your Kobo if you try to force a USB connection while your Kobo is not plugged into a computer. (Most frequently, I do this despite already using NickelSeries just to ensure that newly-imported books display in a certain order when sorting by Recent. This is purely fussiness on my part, in that I like a series to display in proper order even before I've read any of it, for example, even when viewing all books by Recent. (Yes, I understand that Nickel has series-specific library views as well.))
Good luck, hope you're enjoying both your new Kobo and whatever you're reading at the moment.
