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Originally Posted by turnroot
Hi!
I've just installed KOReader and watched a YouTube video on the different settings. My problem is that in the video, all the books are neatly organized according to title, and have thumbnails. No matter what settings I try, I can't achieve the same look in the Home directory.
In my case, all books are in their individual author folders. Why? Within the folders, everything looks like I want it to. Am I missing something?
I import my books with Calibre.
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I had the same issue (well, not a real issue in the sense that this file folder view is how KOReader has been designed), but what made me realize what is the real problem is when you mentioned that
you import your books with Calibre.
I am also importing all my books on my Kobo Sage with Calibre. By default, Calibre exports books to your reader by creating a folder with the author's name and putting the book inside that folder. So, this is why KOReader doesn't show you a nice, clean-looking library view with book covers as we are used to see when using the original Kobo firmware.
Now, this Calibre default can be easily modified. You can tell Calibre to just drop the EPUB or KEPUB file straight on your Kobo and don't bother creating an author folder.
To do so, in Calibre, when your Kobo is plugged in, right-click on the device and select "Configure this device":
http://ibb.co/dc8n8dQ
A new window will pop up like so:
http://ibb.co/6PYq9D2
In the "Save template" command line, write what I have highlighted in yellow which is:
{title} - {authors}
This tells Calibre to simply export the book file straight onto Kobo, and have that book file named with its title and author. That's it.
Then, after ejecting your Kobo, your home view in KOReader will now display the thumbnail covers of all your books, as desired.
Since my Kobo Sage had only a few books with no markings or highlights, I just deleted them all from my Kobo in the Device view in Calibre, deleted all the leftover author folders on the Kobo in Windows Explorer (it seems Calibre removes the books inside the folders but doesn't delete the actual folders), and then re-exported all the books I wanted on my Kobo, but this time Calibre didn't create author folders.
Worked pretty well for me.