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Originally Posted by Patrick Faret
Well, when I want to add a book to an existing collection, it doesn't work straight away. I have to reconnect to Calibre and then eject the kobo, and then I get the book back into its collection. When I search for the book, in Calibre, before sending it to the kobo, I click on integrate metadata. but it doesn't work every time
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If I understand the problem correctly then calibre is operating the way it is intended. Calibre is in charge of collections. To add a book to a collection (shelf) you must add the appropriate metadata in calibre, in your case a tag. You then connect the kobo, at which point its collections are updated. You then eject the Kobo so it can process the changes.
It sounds as if you are using the menu item in calibre's device view "Update metadata on device". This won't work if the book is newly sent to the device because it isn't yet in the kobo's database. It must be "imported" by the Kobo, which happens when you eject. I don't use that operation so I can't say with any certainty under which conditions it does work, if any. The Kobo connection process is very complex and "Update metadata" only does a part of it.
Note also that series information requires a second connect after sending books. There are ways around this involving "Nickel", but I don't use them and can't comment on them.