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Polydwarf · 04-10-2010, 03:41 PM

I have a few books in Calibre that I've set a series and series number for. When I transfer them to my opus, there's nowhere (I think) that shows the series info I set up in Calibre (I'm running firmware 1.9 as I've seen people having issues with 2.0 and I really don't feel like fighting with my device since it basically works; I'm hoping this isn't the answer, obviously

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I've already figured out that I can have them sort by series by tweaking the file save template to read something like "{author_sort}/{series}{series_index}{title} - {authors}" and then doing a filename sort in the Opus.

But, it'd be really nice if the Opus displayed the actual series name and number in the browse screen, instead of me needing to remember "OK, the book 'The Llama Crows at Midnight' starts off 'The Tales of the Llama' series, which goes for five books, then 'Bob The Donkey' starts off 'Stories of the Animal Kingdom' for another 8 books" etc.

I looked at the Opus output profile plugin, and the Opus Device Interface plugin, but nothing there seemed to be useful.

In reading, I tend to think it's a generic problem (I've read epub doesn't really have a field for "series" and that readers don't really support it). But, to keep it on-topic for Calibre, assuming that's the case, is there a way to change the book's title on the way to the device to tack on the series name/number onto the beginning/end of the title as it exists in Calibre? Maybe something similar to the save file template? Then I could do '{title} {series} {series_index}" or whatever and have that show up as the book's title.

04-10-2010, 03:41 PM	#1
Polydwarf Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 24 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: SmartQ V7, Cybook Opus	Cybook Opus - Transfer Series info? I have a few books in Calibre that I've set a series and series number for. When I transfer them to my opus, there's nowhere (I think) that shows the series info I set up in Calibre (I'm running firmware 1.9 as I've seen people having issues with 2.0 and I really don't feel like fighting with my device since it basically works; I'm hoping this isn't the answer, obviously ). I've already figured out that I can have them sort by series by tweaking the file save template to read something like "{author_sort}/{series}{series_index}{title} - {authors}" and then doing a filename sort in the Opus. But, it'd be really nice if the Opus displayed the actual series name and number in the browse screen, instead of me needing to remember "OK, the book 'The Llama Crows at Midnight' starts off 'The Tales of the Llama' series, which goes for five books, then 'Bob The Donkey' starts off 'Stories of the Animal Kingdom' for another 8 books" etc. I looked at the Opus output profile plugin, and the Opus Device Interface plugin, but nothing there seemed to be useful. In reading, I tend to think it's a generic problem (I've read epub doesn't really have a field for "series" and that readers don't really support it). But, to keep it on-topic for Calibre, assuming that's the case, is there a way to change the book's title on the way to the device to tack on the series name/number onto the beginning/end of the title as it exists in Calibre? Maybe something similar to the save file template? Then I could do '{title} {series} {series_index}" or whatever and have that show up as the book's title.