Calibre tags update Kobo Collections?

TheSmitty · 05-18-2023, 10:13 AM

So I sent all my books I had loaded in Calibre to my new Libra 2. I am curious, if I spend time creating tags and assigning to the books in Calibre is there a way to have Calibre update the books already on the Libra 2 and use those tags as Collections? I hope I made sense.

theducks · 05-18-2023, 10:36 AM

Kobo Utilities (right click menu) has a "update metadata in device library" action. I have no idea if that will tickle, Collections

ownedbycats · 05-18-2023, 11:08 AM

If you have your KoboTouch(Extended) driver set to use 'tags' as a collection column and Calibre Preferences > Sending books to device > Metadata Management set to 'automatic', it should.

maddz · 05-19-2023, 02:44 AM

I have multiple tags per book (genre/subgenre, library management, bibliographic), so can’t use tags as is. What I have done is to create a tag-based column #myshelves which uses the genre/subgenre tags and configured the driver to use that for collections.

Most books are in a single collection on my Kobo, apart from anthologies and short fiction (and unsplit omnibuses). This was because I wanted to highlight short fiction to read on my daily commute.

There’s instructions on setting up Kobo shelves and managing them via Calibre around.

georgemk · 05-19-2023, 03:45 AM

The Wiki contains the instructions to using collections on Kobo and are pretty straight forward and easy to us. I know because I had zero issues using them

Look at https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kob...nd_Collections
And the master thread about this can be found at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=193184

aborh · 02-23-2025, 08:14 AM

Thank you all for posting about this, and thank you to those who have worked on the wiki page with instructions for managing Kobo collections via calibre tags. I have been wanting to do this for years and finally found this and started working on it. I have calibre feeding the tags to my Kobo and it works great! All I have to do now is "clean up" tags on my ebook library (nuclear option or one-by-one? Hmm).

You guys are awesome!

05-18-2023, 10:13 AM	#1
TheSmitty Addict Posts: 315 Karma: 1181422 Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: DFW, TX area Device: Kindle Colorsoft, Libra Colour, Voyage, iPad Pro 11, iPad Mini 7	Calibre tags update Kobo Collections? So I sent all my books I had loaded in Calibre to my new Libra 2. I am curious, if I spend time creating tags and assigning to the books in Calibre is there a way to have Calibre update the books already on the Libra 2 and use those tags as Collections? I hope I made sense.

05-19-2023, 03:45 AM	#5
georgemk Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 291844 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: Kobo Nia	The Wiki contains the instructions to using collections on Kobo and are pretty straight forward and easy to us. I know because I had zero issues using them Look at https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kob...nd_Collections And the master thread about this can be found at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=193184 Last edited by georgemk; 05-19-2023 at 03:48 AM. Reason: Add link to forum thread

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05-18-2023, 10:36 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,022 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Kobo Utilities (right click menu) has a "update metadata in device library" action. I have no idea if that will tickle, Collections

05-18-2023, 11:08 AM	#3
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,931 Karma: 74999999 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	If you have your KoboTouch(Extended) driver set to use 'tags' as a collection column and Calibre Preferences > Sending books to device > Metadata Management set to 'automatic', it should.

05-19-2023, 02:44 AM	#4
maddz Wizard Posts: 1,403 Karma: 30039536 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Icarus, iPad Mini 2, Kobo Touch, Google Nexus 7	I have multiple tags per book (genre/subgenre, library management, bibliographic), so can’t use tags as is. What I have done is to create a tag-based column #myshelves which uses the genre/subgenre tags and configured the driver to use that for collections. Most books are in a single collection on my Kobo, apart from anthologies and short fiction (and unsplit omnibuses). This was because I wanted to highlight short fiction to read on my daily commute. There’s instructions on setting up Kobo shelves and managing them via Calibre around.

02-23-2025, 08:14 AM	#6
aborh Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2024 Device: Kobo Clara HD, Libra Colour	Thank you all for posting about this, and thank you to those who have worked on the wiki page with instructions for managing Kobo collections via calibre tags. I have been wanting to do this for years and finally found this and started working on it. I have calibre feeding the tags to my Kobo and it works great! All I have to do now is "clean up" tags on my ebook library (nuclear option or one-by-one? Hmm). You guys are awesome!

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