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Old 12-21-2021, 01:17 AM   #1
MelissaBo13
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Series info won't upload to Calibre

Hi everyone,

I synced a few epubs from the Kobo site directly to my Kobo and the series information shows up on the Kobo. But if I download them to my PC first and then upload them to Calibre, series information doesn't show up. I tried both methods with the same book, just to confirm. I'd rather download them to my computer first and upload them to Calibre so I have my entire library on Calibre, but do I really have to update all the series information manually?
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Old 12-21-2021, 01:46 AM   #2
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That is to be expected. Kobo sets the series info for books downloaded directly to the device through their API. It is not in the book.

When you download a book and add it to calibre, calibre reads the metadata from the book. It is unlikely that this contains any series information. For epub2, the metadata standard does not include series info. For epub3, there is a standard, but, I do not remember seeing a book with this in the metadata. And the books downloaded from your Kobo library contain the metadata set in the books by the publisher. This does not necessarily match what Kobo shows in the store or sends to the device.

When I add a book to calibre, I always use the "Download metadata" function in the metadata editor and then fix what I don't like.
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Also note that you will have to connect your Kobo twice. The first time you can send the epub and it will be imported on disconnect which will add the book to the database. The second time the epub's metadata will be updated in the database. Just make sure that in calibre's Preferences => Sending books to devices, that Metadata management is set to Automatic Management.
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