Marking a book as Read/Finished in Calibre and updating info on Kobo

lealla · 08-14-2018, 06:59 AM

Hi all,

I have Calibre set up so that it records the reading progress of any book on my kobo in a custom column - similar to this setup here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...2&postcount=14

It works great in one direction - i.e tracking progress from Kobo to Calibre.

But can I set the progress to go the other way? I.e can I mark books as 'Read' in Calibre, and have this info be synchronized with the kobo?
I'd like to update some books on the kobo with a 'read/finished' status and it is quicker to update the info in Calibre, rather than manually on the device.

Please let me know if this is possible! Thank you!

davidfor · 08-14-2018, 07:11 AM

Actually, the whole point of the the store function in the Kobo Utilities plugin was to be able to restore the status after a factory reset. The store can be automated, but the restore is manual. Select the books, and choose the "Store/Restore current bookmark" item on the plugins menu. The dialog has options to either store or restore the status for the selected books.

lealla · 08-14-2018, 08:08 PM

Thank you davidfor - you are a star - always so quick and helpful!
That worked perfectly and is going to save me lots of time

Great to know I can always restore my data now!

08-14-2018, 06:59 AM	#1
lealla Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 714 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Marking a book as Read/Finished in Calibre and updating info on Kobo Hi all, I have Calibre set up so that it records the reading progress of any book on my kobo in a custom column - similar to this setup here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...2&postcount=14 It works great in one direction - i.e tracking progress from Kobo to Calibre. But can I set the progress to go the other way? I.e can I mark books as 'Read' in Calibre, and have this info be synchronized with the kobo? I'd like to update some books on the kobo with a 'read/finished' status and it is quicker to update the info in Calibre, rather than manually on the device. Please let me know if this is possible! Thank you!

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08-14-2018, 07:11 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Actually, the whole point of the the store function in the Kobo Utilities plugin was to be able to restore the status after a factory reset. The store can be automated, but the restore is manual. Select the books, and choose the "Store/Restore current bookmark" item on the plugins menu. The dialog has options to either store or restore the status for the selected books.

08-14-2018, 08:08 PM	#3
lealla Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 714 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Thank you davidfor - you are a star - always so quick and helpful! That worked perfectly and is going to save me lots of time Great to know I can always restore my data now!