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Originally Posted by theducks

You have a KOBO

The Kobo Utilities can read the Reading status on your device and update a custom column.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=215339

Note: this is not Cross brands compatible (not that many brands even support similar Calibre ACCESSIBLE status

Originally Posted by Quoth

It does work well also to set up a new Kobo ereader, even a different model with unread, reading (and position) and finished.
The Bookmarks option in Kobo Utilities and the Update Metadata in it both do more that expected.

Calibre should be updated from your Kobo before you sign out, or sign in or factory reset etc.

I have a stored template, readstatus(), which pulls from a Kobo Utilities #percentread column and a Reading list #readinglist column.

program:

	if $$#percentread >=#1 && $$#percentread <=#99
	then 'currentlyreading' 

	elif "To Be Read" in $#readinglist && $$#percentread ==#0
	then 'toberead' 

	elif $$#percentread >=#100
	then 'read' 

	elif $$#percentread == 'None'
	then 'undefined' 

	elif $$#percentread >=#0
	then 'unread' 

	fi

I use it mainly for template checks and the like. Then I realized I could also have them appear in the tag browser.



Putting the template directly into the composite column also works and is simpler for most people.