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iRob_M · 11-11-2023, 11:08 AM

Hello all,

I have collected a large number of Star Trek ebooks, and they tend to come with sloppy metadata so I have been trying to clean it up.

My question is about how the Series displays in the column view. All of the books should have simply "Star Trek" as the series, that's what I have entered, but the vast majority have "Star Trek [1]" instead, and about 1/4 have higher numbers, all the way up to "Star Trek [36]".

When I go to edit the metadata there are no brackets, it just says "Star Trek". And I can search and find what I need, so it's not really a problem per se, but I'd like to understand more about why it is assining this arbitrary-looking numbering system.

Anyways, thanks in advance to anyone who can help out.

11-11-2023, 11:08 AM	#1
iRob_M Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2023 Device: Kobo Forma	Why do my "Series" have numbers in brackets? Hello all, I have collected a large number of Star Trek ebooks, and they tend to come with sloppy metadata so I have been trying to clean it up. My question is about how the Series displays in the column view. All of the books should have simply "Star Trek" as the series, that's what I have entered, but the vast majority have "Star Trek [1]" instead, and about 1/4 have higher numbers, all the way up to "Star Trek [36]". When I go to edit the metadata there are no brackets, it just says "Star Trek". And I can search and find what I need, so it's not really a problem per se, but I'd like to understand more about why it is assining this arbitrary-looking numbering system. Anyways, thanks in advance to anyone who can help out.