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Originally Posted by chaley
Another way to do it is to use 0.7.5's collections editor. Available through right-clicking on the collections column, it can rename and delete collections for all books on the current memory section of the device (main memory or a card). There is more information in the post that dwanthny referred to, and in the calibre FAQ.
Of course, to use this feature you must upgrade, something you might not be willing to do. 
Another note: if you want calibre not to make collections from the books' metadata, be sure to clear the 'list of metadata fields to turn into collections' (preferences -> plugins -> devices -> sony driver -> customize) *before* you plug in the device. Calibre believes that setting, and if it detects that its metadata cache is out of date, it will add missing metadata-derived collections. |
Well, I'd certainly have changed that option if I knew about it beforehand or if any previous versions had worked that way before I was ambushed.
I'm afraid I'm more than a little dubious of 0.7.x's ability to manage metadata though. After trying to remake some of my collections manually in Sony's software, my reader took minutes to become usable AGAIN, and now it appears that about 40 of the collections Calibre destroyed (oh, I discovered today that around 1/3 of my collections simply disappeared after the metadata "update") are back intact, even though I didn't see them when I manually checked out the XML files earlier! Whatever Calibre did is apparently off spec with the way the reader works, and even seems to interfere with its normal functioning. Perhaps it's corrupted some of the file entries on the reader itself?
In any case, I think I'll continue to manage my collections with Sony's software for now - I know that an update won't drastically change the way it works because... well, Sony doesn't update, even when they need to!
Maybe when I have everything 100% functional and stable again, I'll make a backup and try Calibre out again in 0.7.8 or 0.8.0.