Under the ‘preferences’ menu, choose ‘change Calibre behaviour’Ģ. Now, configure the Kobo driver to read this field you just created:ġ. Click ‘apply’ to exit the window and restart Calibre if prompted to do so Click the plus button and fill in the fields: for example, call the column ‘bookshelf’ and the lookup name ‘bookshelf’:Ĥ. In the first row of icons, called ‘interface,’ choose the ‘add your own columns’ button:ģ.

Under the ‘preferences’ menu, choose ‘change Calibre behavior’:Ģ. What you’ll need to do is set up a custom field in your Calibre database that will store the name of the bookshelf, and then set up your Kobo driver to transmit it to your Kobo when you plug it in.ġ. You can configure Calibre to send books directly to these shelves on your Kobo device, so they’ll be just where you want them when it’s time to read. The newer Kobo models-including the Touch, the Glo and the Mini-have a ‘bookshelves’ feature. But what about Kobo users? Is there a way they can use Calibre to better organize their books? Juli Monroe has a done a great job covering some of the ways you can tweak Calibre to organize your Kindle books. This post is part of TeleRead's 'Using Calibre for E-Book Management' Guide: Ch.

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