No series on my new Kindle

[Poldi]

Hello,
on Primeday I bought a second Kindle.
The package says 10. generation, the serial (G090VB) says Basic 3 (kids).
I startet it without bothering Amazon and installed some books via Calibre.
Unfortunately the Kindle ignores all series (name and number).
I had the same problem with a Tolino for a friend but found a workaround with the Metaschalttafeln (sorry my Calibre language is German) that worked fine.
{series:||}{series_index:0>2s|: | - } {author_sort}
Tried the same for the Kindle, but did not work.
Is there an other way to copy my series information to the Kindle?
Thanks in advance
Poldi

[Poldi]

Update:
When I use Kindle 2 as deviece, it works, but the result is different.
Instead of
Title
author first name - author last name - name of serie - number of serie
I get
Title
author first name - name of serie - number of serie - author last name
What to do?

[JSWolf]

There is no way to add series information toy our Kindle with Calibre. Series information only comes from eBook synced from Amazon (not emailed).

[Poldi]

This is not true.
I am using my Kindle Paperwhitewithout any connection to Amazon and had never problems with series.
And the workaround for Tolino works fine.
Look at my update, there is only a little error left that I can't solve

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

There is no way to add series information toy our Kindle with Calibre. Series information only comes from eBook synced from Amazon (not emailed).

You do know what a metadata plugboard is don't you? That is what @Poldi is talking about. And even though the German word was used, that was pretty obvious. But, as usual, you answered the question you wanted to answer, not the one that was actually asked.

[Poldi]

Got it now:
{authors} - {series:|| }{series_index:0>2s|: | }
The result:
Title
author first name author last name - name of serie : number of serie
This works for Kindle 2
For the Paperwhite you don't need anything. Calibre copies all series information without any problem.

[Poldi]

A great program, this Calibre. Respect!

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Poldi

Update:
When I use Kindle 2 as deviece, it works, but the result is different.
Instead of
Title
author first name - author last name - name of serie - number of serie
I get
Title
author first name - name of serie - number of serie - author last name
What to do?

I don't use a Kindle, but, there are two Kindle drivers. The newer devices should be using the one called "KINDLE2" in the Metadata plugboard page of the preferences.

The plugboard you have in the first post is:

{series:||}{series_index:0>2s|: | - } {author_sort}

That should give something like:

The Dresden File: 1 - Butcher, Jim

I think the device is seeing that and redisplaying it as:

Jim The Dresden File: 1 - Butcher,

I think you will need to experiment. Maybe using the author will work better than author_sort. That should at least put the surname last in the generated string, which would put it first if the device is doing what I think it is doing.

But, maybe someone who uses a Kindle will have a better suggestion.