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Originally Posted by Sirtel
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.
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Right. And, as I've said, that's the problem...my series names are consistent, as are my author names. Until I downloaded the metadata for The Black Bird Oracle, "All Souls Series" didn't appear anywhere (that I could see, at least) in Calibre, and that book appeared in the series as I had named it, and all alone in "All Souls Series."
Again, to see what happens, I downloaded metadata for all five books in the series. The downloaded metadata populated "All Souls Series" in the series field for all five books (which is fine; I'm not that wedded to my own series title). On the Kobo, there's a new series with that name, with all five books in it. There's also a separate series entry with that name, with a single book in it (not The Black Bird Oracle).
Interestingly, the lone book showed as available for download. A quick check of a series that is completely duplicated has one series (without covers) available for download. I know it's looking at several sources of metadata; perhaps the one indicating available downloads is from Kobo? (This series was sideloaded, not purchased from the Kobo store.) I assume downloading metadata then refreshing the Kobo populates the Kobo database, even if it doesn't match what was sideloaded from Calibre? If that's the case, how does one rebuild the Kobo database?
I'm thinking of downloading the metadata for each series separately, to make the chore of checking metadata easier. I'd just love to get rid of these stray copies. Your advice has been helpful in giving me ideas of what to look for.