Calibre - communication back from EReader

david.francis.nz · 05-11-2018, 06:40 PM

I use a Kobo Glo and my wife uses a Sony eReader.
Calibre sees both devices and allows me to load books to both.
What I have not been able to work out or find a way of seeing in the information fields of either eReader is the Book Completed Flag.
I am trying to see this flag in the Calibre view of each eReader so I can remove the books that have been completed from within Calibre.
I alway end up having to hand write a list of what is completed on each/either eReader, then connecting the eReader to Calibre and deleting the read books using the manual list.
Is there a way I can get the Book Completed Flag to communicate back to Calibre and show on its screen so that completed book removal becomes an easy task?

davidfor · 05-11-2018, 08:59 PM

All the communications between the devices and calibre is device specific. Anything other than putting the books on the device and getting a list is usually a bit complicated. It needs someone interested enough to write the code. And it needs a way to get the information from the device. For a lot of them, the information is not in a place that is accessible when the device is connected to a PC.

You can do this for the Kobo devices, in two different ways. Firstly, if you look a the device list when the device is connected, it will show the collections the books are in. This includes two virtual collections "Im_Reading" and "Read". If the book is finished on the device it will be in the "Read" collection. If you have opened it, then it is in the "Im_Reading" collection. I believe that the Sony device driver gets the collections from the device, but I don't know if it shows the reading status like this.

There is also my Kobo Utilities plugin. That has a function to get the reading status from the device and updates custom columns in the calibre library. It can do this automatically when the device is connected and can show the list of updates before updating the library. And the plugin has a lot of other function.

david.francis.nz · 05-11-2018, 09:43 PM

Many Thanks - what is the Utilities Plugin called so I can find it?

BetterRed · 05-11-2018, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

There is also my Kobo Utilities plugin . . .

Quote:

Originally Posted by david.francis.nz

Many Thanks - what is the Utilities Plugin called so I can find it?

Would you believe Kobo Utilities, there's an index at the top of the plugins sub-forum.

BR

theducks · 05-12-2018, 03:31 AM

and on the Calibre Help:Get Plugins

not installed)

05-11-2018, 06:40 PM	#1
david.francis.nz Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2018 Device: Kobo H20	Calibre - communication back from EReader I use a Kobo Glo and my wife uses a Sony eReader. Calibre sees both devices and allows me to load books to both. What I have not been able to work out or find a way of seeing in the information fields of either eReader is the Book Completed Flag. I am trying to see this flag in the Calibre view of each eReader so I can remove the books that have been completed from within Calibre. I alway end up having to hand write a list of what is completed on each/either eReader, then connecting the eReader to Calibre and deleting the read books using the manual list. Is there a way I can get the Book Completed Flag to communicate back to Calibre and show on its screen so that completed book removal becomes an easy task?

05-12-2018, 03:31 AM	#5
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,056 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	and on the Calibre Help:Get Pluginsnot installed)

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05-11-2018, 08:59 PM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	All the communications between the devices and calibre is device specific. Anything other than putting the books on the device and getting a list is usually a bit complicated. It needs someone interested enough to write the code. And it needs a way to get the information from the device. For a lot of them, the information is not in a place that is accessible when the device is connected to a PC. You can do this for the Kobo devices, in two different ways. Firstly, if you look a the device list when the device is connected, it will show the collections the books are in. This includes two virtual collections "Im_Reading" and "Read". If the book is finished on the device it will be in the "Read" collection. If you have opened it, then it is in the "Im_Reading" collection. I believe that the Sony device driver gets the collections from the device, but I don't know if it shows the reading status like this. There is also my Kobo Utilities plugin. That has a function to get the reading status from the device and updates custom columns in the calibre library. It can do this automatically when the device is connected and can show the list of updates before updating the library. And the plugin has a lot of other function.

05-11-2018, 09:43 PM	#3
david.francis.nz Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2018 Device: Kobo H20	Many Thanks - what is the Utilities Plugin called so I can find it?

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