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No Bookshelves with Calibre 9.28 and Kobo Glo 2.5.1 ?
Dear friends,
I just bought a Kobo Glo and hoped there is an easy to transfer the series information along with the books from Calibre to the Kobo Glo. Unfortunately no bookshelves are created based on the series metadata with Calibre. I am using these settings along with Calibre 9.28 and the Kobo Glo firm ware 2.5.1: Read metadata from files on device Use sub directories Save template: {author_sort}/{series} {series_index:0>3s} {title} - {author_sort} Create Bookshelves Show Previews Set Series Information Am I understanding the concept of bookshelves correctly as "series" ? Am I missing some settings? Any help is welcome! Best regards Grins |
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There is a sticked thread over in the Kobo forum with full instructions. Do remember you have to disconnect the Kobo and reattach it in order form the series info to be updated in the database
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Thank you for answering.
Yes, I disconnected and reattached the Kobo. But after disconnecting again still no bookshelves were created on the Kobo Glo. |
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Shelves should be creted on the initial attachment. Have you red all of the instructions on shelves? Is Metadata management set to automatic?
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And no... Series info is NOT the same as Shelves...
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Thanks a lot - your Quick Guide is a great idea !!!
Two things did the job: 1. Adding "series, tags" to the "tags type column for automatic management" of the Kobo Touch device interface plugin => now I see both series and tags as defined in Calibre. 2. Using the "metadata plugboard" information as described in your Quick Guide: {series}{series_index:0>2s| - | - }{title} => now I see the series number within the title One additional question: Is there a way to configure the plugboard in such a way that the series is within the book shelve sorted in ascending (instead of descending) number? |
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Glad you sorted the rest out. Shelves on the device can be sorted in different ways. Press the "by xxx" at the top left of the shelf page and to see the list of possibilities. Sorting by title should do what you want.
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Oh yes - thank you !
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Sort By Author & Series
I'm having an issue sorting bookshelves such that any authors series show up in chronological order. Either my metadata and metadata plugboard are off, or there is a bug in the Kobo 2.5.1 firmware, or I'm lost
![]() I have my "Historical Fiction" book shelf set to sort by Author. Within this shelf I have a lot of series, as well as stand alone books by the same series author. But the Kobo Aura is displaying such that books in a series are "broken up" by other books from the same author, such that they are displayed first by author, then by title, instead of keeping a series together. So, for example, I have the the "Saxon Chronicles" series by Bernard Cornwell (consists of 6 books, all on my Kobo), as well as other books by Bernard Cornwell, both stand alones and series. My metadata plugboard for the KoboTouchExtended plugin is set up as {series}{series_index:0>2s| - | - }{title}, with the destination field set to Title. Here's how it displays in my Historical Fiction book shelf on the Kobo Aura: Burning Land The Saxon Chronicles - 5 Bernard Cornwell A Crowning Mercy Bernard Cornwell Death of Kings The Saxon Chronicles - 6 Bernard Cornwell Enemy of God Warlord Chronicles - 2 Bernard Cornwell Excalibur Warlord Chronicles - 3 Bernard Cornwell Heretic Grail Quest - 3 Bernard Cornwell The Last Kingdom The Saxon Chronicles - 1 Bernard Cornwell Lords of the North The Saxon Chronicles - 3 Bernard Cornwell The Pale Horseman The Saxon Chronicles - 2 Bernard Cornwell Stonehenge Bernard Cornwell Sword Song The Saxon Chronicles - 4 Bernard Cornwell ![]() ![]() |
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Regards, David PS: My personal answer was to edit my books in Sigil and add the series information to the title of the book. This had been my standard practice for a while. DB |
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That almost looks like the plugboard is not working... If it was I would have expected the title to be The Saxon Chronicles - 05 - Burning Land, and in fact I would expect the sort by title to work as expected, and in effect sort by the series name / sequence in series since those are now at the start of the title.
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