Calibre shows series info, but Kobo doesn't receive it

Chris_Snow · 11-07-2013, 04:10 PM

I just sent 35 books to my Kobo Glo and I noticed the "Series Info" isn't being displayed on the Kobo, but it's in the correct field in Calibre. I've tried updating the metadata via Koboutilities, but none of the books get updated.

Books that show correctly on the Kobo are listed...

Title
Series
Author

Books that are incorrect just show...

Title
Author

I've tried deleting the books on the kobo and resending, but nothing. Now I've noticed that some books I send show the series info under the device tab - but Not on the Kobo.

Some of the new books sent DO show their series info but not all of them. Very strange!

Any idea what could be causing this? Thx

PeterT · 11-07-2013, 05:13 PM

Two things

Series info is not sent on the initial xfer of a book but the next time that the kobo is attached

Verify that metadata management is set to automatic

Chris_Snow · 11-07-2013, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

Two things

Series info is not sent on the initial xfer of a book but the next time that the kobo is attached

Verify that metadata management is set to automatic

Yes to the second one - "metadata management is set to automatic"

I didn't know the first one - and it would seem that was the issue. I've never noticed that before. Thx very much.

One thing I still notice, is that the series info is NOT in the "Collections" field when I switch to the device tab in calibre. Some are, but most of the 35 I transferred are not. Any further info on this craziness

PeterT · 11-07-2013, 06:12 PM

The collections tab is showing the shelves / collections from the Kobo. Unless you place books on shelves / collections either natively on the Kobo or via the Kobo / KoboExtended drivers books will not be on shelves / collections.

Chris_Snow · 11-07-2013, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

The collections tab is showing the shelves / collections from the Kobo. Unless you place books on shelves / collections either natively on the Kobo or via the Kobo / KoboExtended drivers books will not be on shelves / collections.

Thx for the explanation. I never really look that closely at the Device Tab, so was not certain what was happening. The strange thing here is that while I was playing around trying to figure it at, some books I was uploading to the kobo did have the series in the "Collections" tab after I hit send to main memory - while others didn't.

I don't actually use book shelves. I played with them a while ago, but decided they weren't for me. More recently, I created a "Reading List" bookshelf, but I seems once I finished a book in it, it would delete the bookshelf - even though I hadn't finished all the books in there. This happened several times and I wondered if it was a bug in f/w 2.8.1??

Also, when I've deleted some books off the device to upload a new version that I've modded, I've found that the annotations sometimes are still there, while other times they delete with the book. Very odd. Maybe one day I'll figure it out

.

PeterT · 11-07-2013, 11:14 PM

If you're going to use shelves, just make them through calibre and the driver.

Otherwise what happens when you sync with calibre is that it's definitions of what is shelved where "overwrites" what you have done on the Kobo.

If you add a shelf definition in the driver of just

Code:

series

then all books in a given series will end up on a shelf based on the name of the series.

Probably why you were seeing some books with series info, and some without is that you had added some books on sync #1 with the Kobo, disconnected it, reconnected it and send some more books (in that series) over in sync #2.

When the Kobo was reattached for sync #2, the series info for books that had been transferred in sync #1 would have been updated in the database on the Kobo.

Chris_Snow · 11-08-2013, 12:24 AM

Hey...you've obviously done this before.

You're right, I haven't been paying enough attention to what is going on. Now I know what to look for, I'll probably see it first time.

Between the device, Calibre and Sigil - there are just too many things to play with. Thx

PeterT · 11-08-2013, 01:07 AM

See Quick Guide to Shelf Management with calibre 0.9.1 & above (Touch / Glo / Mini /Aura) for a guide to Shelves.

11-07-2013, 11:14 PM	#6
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,328 Karma: 78876004 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	If you're going to use shelves, just make them through calibre and the driver. Otherwise what happens when you sync with calibre is that it's definitions of what is shelved where "overwrites" what you have done on the Kobo. If you add a shelf definition in the driver of just Code: series then all books in a given series will end up on a shelf based on the name of the series. Probably why you were seeing some books with series info, and some without is that you had added some books on sync #1 with the Kobo, disconnected it, reconnected it and send some more books (in that series) over in sync #2. When the Kobo was reattached for sync #2, the series info for books that had been transferred in sync #1 would have been updated in the database on the Kobo.

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11-07-2013, 04:10 PM	#1
Chris_Snow Zealot Posts: 148 Karma: 8170 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: kobo glo	Calibre shows series info, but Kobo doesn't receive it I just sent 35 books to my Kobo Glo and I noticed the "Series Info" isn't being displayed on the Kobo, but it's in the correct field in Calibre. I've tried updating the metadata via Koboutilities, but none of the books get updated. Books that show correctly on the Kobo are listed... Title Series Author Books that are incorrect just show... Title Author I've tried deleting the books on the kobo and resending, but nothing. Now I've noticed that some books I send show the series info under the device tab - but Not on the Kobo. Some of the new books sent DO show their series info but not all of them. Very strange! Any idea what could be causing this? Thx

11-07-2013, 05:13 PM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,328 Karma: 78876004 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Two things Series info is not sent on the initial xfer of a book but the next time that the kobo is attached Verify that metadata management is set to automatic

11-07-2013, 06:12 PM	#4
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,328 Karma: 78876004 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	The collections tab is showing the shelves / collections from the Kobo. Unless you place books on shelves / collections either natively on the Kobo or via the Kobo / KoboExtended drivers books will not be on shelves / collections.

11-08-2013, 12:24 AM	#7
Chris_Snow Zealot Posts: 148 Karma: 8170 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: kobo glo	Hey...you've obviously done this before. You're right, I haven't been paying enough attention to what is going on. Now I know what to look for, I'll probably see it first time. Between the device, Calibre and Sigil - there are just too many things to play with. Thx

11-08-2013, 01:07 AM	#8
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,328 Karma: 78876004 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	See Quick Guide to Shelf Management with calibre 0.9.1 & above (Touch / Glo / Mini /Aura) for a guide to Shelves.

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