Calibre tags update Kobo Collections?

TheSmitty · 05-18-2023, 10:13 AM

So I sent all my books I had loaded in Calibre to my new Libra 2. I am curious, if I spend time creating tags and assigning to the books in Calibre is there a way to have Calibre update the books already on the Libra 2 and use those tags as Collections? I hope I made sense.

theducks · 05-18-2023, 10:36 AM

Kobo Utilities (right click menu) has a "update metadata in device library" action. I have no idea if that will tickle, Collections

ownedbycats · 05-18-2023, 11:08 AM

If you have your KoboTouch(Extended) driver set to use 'tags' as a collection column and Calibre Preferences > Sending books to device > Metadata Management set to 'automatic', it should.

maddz · 05-19-2023, 02:44 AM

I have multiple tags per book (genre/subgenre, library management, bibliographic), so can’t use tags as is. What I have done is to create a tag-based column #myshelves which uses the genre/subgenre tags and configured the driver to use that for collections.

Most books are in a single collection on my Kobo, apart from anthologies and short fiction (and unsplit omnibuses). This was because I wanted to highlight short fiction to read on my daily commute.

There’s instructions on setting up Kobo shelves and managing them via Calibre around.

georgemk · 05-19-2023, 03:45 AM

The Wiki contains the instructions to using collections on Kobo and are pretty straight forward and easy to us. I know because I had zero issues using them

Look at https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kob...nd_Collections
And the master thread about this can be found at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=193184

05-18-2023, 10:13 AM	#1
TheSmitty Addict Posts: 242 Karma: 1181422 Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: DFW, TX area Device: Paperwhite SE, Libra 2, Oasis 3, Boox Note Air 3C, iPad Pro 11	Calibre tags update Kobo Collections? So I sent all my books I had loaded in Calibre to my new Libra 2. I am curious, if I spend time creating tags and assigning to the books in Calibre is there a way to have Calibre update the books already on the Libra 2 and use those tags as Collections? I hope I made sense.

05-19-2023, 03:45 AM	#5
georgemk Addict Posts: 237 Karma: 291844 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: Kobo Nia	The Wiki contains the instructions to using collections on Kobo and are pretty straight forward and easy to us. I know because I had zero issues using them Look at https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kob...nd_Collections And the master thread about this can be found at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=193184 Last edited by georgemk; 05-19-2023 at 03:48 AM. Reason: Add link to forum thread

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05-18-2023, 10:36 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,409 Karma: 58055234 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Kobo Utilities (right click menu) has a "update metadata in device library" action. I have no idea if that will tickle, Collections

05-18-2023, 11:08 AM	#3
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 9,361 Karma: 63297233 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	If you have your KoboTouch(Extended) driver set to use 'tags' as a collection column and Calibre Preferences > Sending books to device > Metadata Management set to 'automatic', it should.

05-19-2023, 02:44 AM	#4
maddz Wizard Posts: 1,320 Karma: 29121666 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Icarus, iPad Mini 2, Kobo Touch, Google Nexus 7	I have multiple tags per book (genre/subgenre, library management, bibliographic), so can’t use tags as is. What I have done is to create a tag-based column #myshelves which uses the genre/subgenre tags and configured the driver to use that for collections. Most books are in a single collection on my Kobo, apart from anthologies and short fiction (and unsplit omnibuses). This was because I wanted to highlight short fiction to read on my daily commute. There’s instructions on setting up Kobo shelves and managing them via Calibre around.

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