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adding 'Collections' column to Calibre
As Kobo has 'Collections' View in 'My Books' section I would like to sync it's details with appropriate column in library for Kobo on Calibre while connecting Kobo with Calibre via USB cable
- will please someone share code that I need to use to add in Calibre my own custom column with the same Name ('Collections') - 'Lookup name' , 'Column heading' , 'Column type' , 'Description' , 'Default value' - I haven't installed anything like KOReader / NickelSeries / NickelMenu, etc. and don't plan to do it - Just vanilla software Last edited by baursak; 06-04-2024 at 01:47 PM. |
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The collections column can be basically anything you want. If the name (Column heading) is Collections, the lookup name could be collections (#collections in the driver options - as it's a custom column, it needs # before its name there). I use "Shelves" for my Kobo collections, the type is comma separated text like tags, Description and Default Value are empty, as I fill in the column manually for each book (mostly based on genres, like SF, Mystery, Historical and so on). YMMV.
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Here is the screenshot. The column named Shelves is the one I use for my Kobo collections.
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The kobo driver automatically converts tags into collections. Whenever I need secondary grouping I just put it into the tags field.
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- I see now only 2 columns in Calibre filled with data: 'author' and 'title' - no 'collections' column |
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Did you create the column in Calibre? I'm not aware of any method to transfer collections from Kobo to Calibre; it works vice versa.
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Yes, I know. But I often create temporary tags for a specific task and I would probably forget to add those to the exceptions every time. It's simpler for me to use a separate column strictly for Kobo collections and nothing else.
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