Aura H2O How to add numbers to my books?

PHDIKOULAS · 07-02-2021, 11:46 AM

I think i have kobo aura h20 ed2. The book is great the support is hideous.

How to add numbers to my books? like this

1. booka
2. bookb etc etc

The first way does not show numbers, neither does

1 booka
2 bookb

I havent tried

b1ooka
b2ookb

Thanks for any help

meeera · 07-02-2021, 12:26 PM

Can I ask what your actual goal is here? What's the context, and what are you trying to achieve? It's hard to know how to help you otherwise.

It would also help to know what format your book files are in, and how you added them to your Kobo.

PHDIKOULAS · 07-02-2021, 01:48 PM

Hey Meera

Some books are in a series, like harry potter 1 harry potter 2 etc but said books arent numbered.I am talking about the peter parker books here of connoly which are a series but arent numbered.

The books are in epub format and i just cut and pasted them into the kobo.

davidfor · 07-02-2021, 09:20 PM

To me, the simplest, and best, way is to use calibre. Add all the books to calibre, set the series information correctly and then let calibre do the work. You might need to resend the books, but, if the metadata of the copy on the device matches that of the copy in the library, they should match and the series info will be updated on the device. Then you can use the series list and sorting.

Another way is again using calibre. You can use a metadata plugboard to change the title and other metadata when sending the book to the device. And, this can be updated later as well.

Another way is to edit the metadata in the books and put it on the device. Again, you can use calibre for this, but, there are other tools to do this. Sigil will do it and I think there is at least one metadata editor out there.

The last method I can think of is to update the database on the device directly. That is probably the riskiest and time consuming.

PHDIKOULAS · 07-03-2021, 02:40 AM

Thanks David will try that thingy and see how it goes

meeera · 07-04-2021, 02:58 AM

Yep, what davidfor said - use the Calibre series settings. Works great.

ZodWallop · 07-08-2021, 12:25 PM

If you use Calibre, just make sure that the series box is filled in correctly. Then you don't have to play around with the titles. Your Kobo will just know that Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is book one and so on.

07-02-2021, 11:46 AM	#1
PHDIKOULAS Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: SIGMATEK EBKT 101	How to add numbers to my books? I think i have kobo aura h20 ed2. The book is great the support is hideous. How to add numbers to my books? like this 1. booka 2. bookb etc etc The first way does not show numbers, neither does 1 booka 2 bookb I havent tried b1ooka b2ookb Thanks for any help

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07-02-2021, 12:26 PM	#2
meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,659 Karma: 66420972 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	Can I ask what your actual goal is here? What's the context, and what are you trying to achieve? It's hard to know how to help you otherwise. It would also help to know what format your book files are in, and how you added them to your Kobo.

07-02-2021, 01:48 PM	#3
PHDIKOULAS Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: SIGMATEK EBKT 101	Hey Meera Some books are in a series, like harry potter 1 harry potter 2 etc but said books arent numbered.I am talking about the peter parker books here of connoly which are a series but arent numbered. The books are in epub format and i just cut and pasted them into the kobo.

07-02-2021, 09:20 PM	#4
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	To me, the simplest, and best, way is to use calibre. Add all the books to calibre, set the series information correctly and then let calibre do the work. You might need to resend the books, but, if the metadata of the copy on the device matches that of the copy in the library, they should match and the series info will be updated on the device. Then you can use the series list and sorting. Another way is again using calibre. You can use a metadata plugboard to change the title and other metadata when sending the book to the device. And, this can be updated later as well. Another way is to edit the metadata in the books and put it on the device. Again, you can use calibre for this, but, there are other tools to do this. Sigil will do it and I think there is at least one metadata editor out there. The last method I can think of is to update the database on the device directly. That is probably the riskiest and time consuming.

07-03-2021, 02:40 AM	#5
PHDIKOULAS Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: SIGMATEK EBKT 101	Thanks David will try that thingy and see how it goes

07-04-2021, 02:58 AM	#6
meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,659 Karma: 66420972 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	Yep, what davidfor said - use the Calibre series settings. Works great.

07-08-2021, 12:25 PM	#7
ZodWallop Gentleman and scholar Posts: 10,994 Karma: 108312789 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Space City, Texas Device: Clara HD; Nook ST w/Glowlight, (2015) Glowlight Plus, Paperwhite 3	If you use Calibre, just make sure that the series box is filled in correctly. Then you don't have to play around with the titles. Your Kobo will just know that Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is book one and so on.

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