Help With Calibre To Alter Displayed Kindle Name

Readirect · 11-27-2018, 09:04 AM

I have a large sideloaded library stored on my Kindles that I want to organize by the (genre) tag stored in Calibre. Since Amazon forces collections to be manually organized for sideloaded books, it's not feasible to do in my use case.

I have been using Calibre's catalog feature for my organization on the devices but it is cumbersome to maintain and use. What I would like to do instead is to use Calibre to add the genre tag to the name which Kindle displays on the device. Then I could use Kindle's search function to display books by genre.

How can I do this? Thanks for you help

Quoth · 11-27-2018, 09:15 AM

Calibre can create collections on some versions of Kindle. The ONLY way on a deregistered/unregistered Kindle.
I find the Kindle built in GUI on both DGX and PW3 to be painful to set up collections.
It's also trivial for Calibre add contents of one column to another.

HarryT · 11-28-2018, 05:44 AM

Moved to the Calibre forum, where you're more likely to get an answer.

davidfor · 11-28-2018, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Readirect

I have a large sideloaded library stored on my Kindles that I want to organize by the (genre) tag stored in Calibre. Since Amazon forces collections to be manually organized for sideloaded books, it's not feasible to do in my use case.

I have been using Calibre's catalog feature for my organization on the devices but it is cumbersome to maintain and use. What I would like to do instead is to use Calibre to add the genre tag to the name which Kindle displays on the device. Then I could use Kindle's search function to display books by genre.

You can use a metadata plugboard to fiddle with the title when it is sent to the book. See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=100949 for some examples.

ilovejedd · 11-28-2018, 10:48 AM

Yup, the metadata plugboard would do it.

For example, this changes the title to the following (assumes a tag-like custom column #genre for genre):

Prelude to Foundation [Sci-Fi]
Artemis Fowl [Fantasy, Children]

Code:

format: any format
device: KINDLE2
template: {title}{#genre:| [|]}
destination: title

11-27-2018, 09:04 AM	#1
Readirect Zealot Posts: 135 Karma: 20456 Join Date: Apr 2014 Device: KPW1	Help With Calibre To Alter Displayed Kindle Name I have a large sideloaded library stored on my Kindles that I want to organize by the (genre) tag stored in Calibre. Since Amazon forces collections to be manually organized for sideloaded books, it's not feasible to do in my use case. I have been using Calibre's catalog feature for my organization on the devices but it is cumbersome to maintain and use. What I would like to do instead is to use Calibre to add the genre tag to the name which Kindle displays on the device. Then I could use Kindle's search function to display books by genre. How can I do this? Thanks for you help

11-28-2018, 10:48 AM	#5
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,126 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Yup, the metadata plugboard would do it. For example, this changes the title to the following (assumes a tag-like custom column #genre for genre): Prelude to Foundation [Sci-Fi] Artemis Fowl [Fantasy, Children] Code: format: any format device: KINDLE2 template: {title}{#genre:\| [\|]} destination: title

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11-27-2018, 09:15 AM	#2
Quoth Still reading Posts: 15,011 Karma: 111111255 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Calibre can create collections on some versions of Kindle. The ONLY way on a deregistered/unregistered Kindle. I find the Kindle built in GUI on both DGX and PW3 to be painful to set up collections. It's also trivial for Calibre add contents of one column to another.

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Moved to the Calibre forum, where you're more likely to get an answer.

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