Kobo Libra Colour Support

[7hir7een]

I have a quick question (and I may be being stupid), but I have a problem with the Libra Colour and calibre.

Before, books would always be sent to the "Books" folder on the device. Now, however, they are all sent to separate author folders not contained in the "Books" folder. Which makes for an organizational mess.

I did also upgraded my computer at basically the same time I got the Libra Colour, so I may have forgotten a setting somewhere. But I tried to go screen-by-screen and copy my settings, so I really don't know.

Any suggestions?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by 7hir7een

I have a quick question (and I may be being stupid), but I have a problem with the Libra Colour and calibre.

Before, books would always be sent to the "Books" folder on the device. Now, however, they are all sent to separate author folders not contained in the "Books" folder. Which makes for an organizational mess.

I did also upgraded my computer at basically the same time I got the Libra Colour, so I may have forgotten a setting somewhere. But I tried to go screen-by-screen and copy my settings, so I really don't know.

Any suggestions?

In the KoboTouchExtended driver or the KoboTouch driver, the template I use is

books/{author} - {series} {series_index:0>2s|| - } {title}

That puts all the eBooks in the books directory.

[7hir7een]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

In the KoboTouchExtended driver or the KoboTouch driver, the template I use is

books/{author} - {series} {series_index:0>2s|| - } {title}

That puts all the eBooks in the books directory.

Thank you! I did miss a setting after all

[theducks]

Why do you really care. if it works?
Kobo has a Library Manager that you use to select what you read.

I almost never look at my Kobos files with Explorer. (Firmware and the rare restore the DB are those exceptions)

[7hir7een]

I also use KOreader and may use it again once it's compatible with the Libra Colour, so I like having things sorted to where I can find them more easily

[PeterT]

But.... If you make good use of collections and series info, items are easy to find in the native Kobo software.

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[theducks]

Originally Posted by 7hir7een

I also use KOreader and may use it again once it's compatible with the Libra Colour, so I like having things sorted to where I can find them more easily

Makes sense. Too bad they don't make it more modern. File names method was my first reader in 2010

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by 7hir7een

Any suggestions?

Personally, I use the following for my template when sending to my Kobo:

Elib/{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)}

If you want the series information in the filename:

Elib/{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{series:|[|} {series_index:0>2s||] - }{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)}

The :sublist(0,1,&) trims the author/author sort list to the first member to keep the filenames from getting too long. Change Elib to Books to match what you mentioned.

I don't look at the books on the ereader in a file explorer unless I have an issue with the file and want to compare the version on the Kobo to the version in calibre.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Personally, I use the following for my template when sending to my Kobo:

Elib/{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)}

If you want the series information in the filename:

Elib/{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{series:|[|} {series_index:0>2s||] - }{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)}

The :sublist(0,1,&) trims the author/author sort list to the first member to keep the filenames from getting too long. Change Elib to Books to match what you mentioned.

I don't look at the books on the ereader in a file explorer unless I have an issue with the file and want to compare the version on the Kobo to the version in calibre.

The template I posted does put series info in the filename.