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Originally Posted by lee.hauser
OK, but what am I checking in my metadata? What is supposed to be correct? I have given every series a name, and every book in every series a number. The books show up in the series I've given them in the metadata, but some also show up in a series with a name that doesn't show in the metadata, or one book shows up alone in a duplicate series. None of these problems are apparent to me in Calibre, but only on the Kobo.
Just to see what would happen, I downloaded metadata for Deborah Harkness's The Black Bird Chronicle. This is a book that shows in Calibre as part of a series I have called "All Souls", but on the Kobo it shows up not only in that series, but as the only book in a series called "All Souls Series." But when I download the metadata, Calibre shows it in "All Souls Series" (which, as far as I can remember, it never showed up in before.) And on the Kobo, this book no longer appears as part of "All Souls," but only as part of "All Souls Series." And, suddenly, there's another "All Souls Series" on the Kobo, with another one of the books, which still appears in "All Souls." I'm completely confused.
I'm about to give up. Needless to say, I'm quite frustrated at the moment. I appreciate everyone's input.
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Check that series names are consistent for all the books in a given series. In calibre, I mean. Your example how downloaded metadata populated your series column with different variations of the same series name is just the reason for checking. Downloaded metadata tends to be inconsistent and always requires manual checking/correcting.
Also check that author names are consistent. Otherwise you may end up with Maxwell M. Smith as three different authors - "Maxwell M. Smith", "Smith, Maxwell M.", "Maxwell M Smith", for example.