Is there a Calibre plugin that actually updates series and sub-series metadata for Kobo Plus books these days? The Kobo Utilities plugin used to do this, but it hasnt worked for me for at least a couple of years now.
Its only a minor annoyance, but almost nothing in any of my collections will actually sort correctly in series order anymore.
For example, I use the Series field as the Universe, and the Sub-series field for the individual series within that Universe. Kobo Utilities used to update both of those on the device. Now the sub-series information doesnt appear at all for Kobo Plus books.
The series information looks correct in both Calibre and on my Kobo (e.g. ABC 1, ABC 2, etc.), but sorting by series on the device is clearly not using that information. Theres no world where 6, 1, 8, 2, 3 is the correct numeric order, and the series name is identical for every book.
The "Update metadata in device library" option in Kobo Utilities used to fix this, but it no longer does.
Has anyone found an alternative plugin or workflow that updates series and sub-series metadata for Kobo Plus books now that Kobo Utilities no longer does this? Even something that just fixes the series sort order itself would be amazing.
The attached image shows what I mean.
The books that display A Novel (Nocturne Falls, Book #) in the Sub-series label are not Kobo Plus books, and they show up correctly via Kobo Utilities plugin. The Kobo Plus books should display the same information in the same way, but they do not (they do not even register as selected books when using the "updating the metadata in device library" function).
You can also see that the sort order is clearly wrong, even though the series name and book number are displayed.
Its only a minor annoyance, but almost nothing in any of my collections will actually sort correctly in series order anymore.
For example, I use the Series field as the Universe, and the Sub-series field for the individual series within that Universe. Kobo Utilities used to update both of those on the device. Now the sub-series information doesnt appear at all for Kobo Plus books.
The series information looks correct in both Calibre and on my Kobo (e.g. ABC 1, ABC 2, etc.), but sorting by series on the device is clearly not using that information. Theres no world where 6, 1, 8, 2, 3 is the correct numeric order, and the series name is identical for every book.
The "Update metadata in device library" option in Kobo Utilities used to fix this, but it no longer does.
Has anyone found an alternative plugin or workflow that updates series and sub-series metadata for Kobo Plus books now that Kobo Utilities no longer does this? Even something that just fixes the series sort order itself would be amazing.
The attached image shows what I mean.
The books that display A Novel (Nocturne Falls, Book #) in the Sub-series label are not Kobo Plus books, and they show up correctly via Kobo Utilities plugin. The Kobo Plus books should display the same information in the same way, but they do not (they do not even register as selected books when using the "updating the metadata in device library" function).
You can also see that the sort order is clearly wrong, even though the series name and book number are displayed.
