So I want to have my Kobo set in such a way that it shows a subtitle with the number of pages below the title of the book. Something like this, but in my case, with the Spanish format, so, for instance, "256 páginas".
What I did before
Prior to finding about NickelSeries I had this system:
One column to be populated by the Count Pages plugin, with a name such as PagTotal and a reference name such as #subtitle. Count Pages requires this column to be an Integer type column.
The KoboTouch plugin with these settings.
Then, I add a book, hit Count Pages, plug the Kobo and send the book. I unplug the Kobo and the book is sent, but no subtitle is shown. I plug the Kobo again, hit "Update cached metadata in device", unplug it, and the subtitle appears as desired.
What I've done with NickelSeries so far
Prior to this I have never installed any add-on to the Kobo. No Koreader, no NickelMenu, nothing. This has been the first add-on I've tried. So my process was:
- Download the .zip from here
- Connect the Kobo
- Extract the .zip, leave the KoboRoot.tgz file in /KOBOeReader/.kobo
- Disconnect the Kobo form the computer
At this point the Kobo showed an "updating" screen and after a minute it went back to the home screen. Just in case, I then turn it off until I see "Powered off" in a black screen, and then I turn it back on (the famous three loading dots).
I changed the # of the PagTotal column to #pages, and created a new column Subtitle #subtitle with the type "Column built from other columns, behaves like tags", and a template "{#paginas:} páginas". I also changed the Subtitle template in the KoboTouch plugin this way.
After this, I add an EPUB book to Calibre, add metadata, Count Pages, embed metadata. Now the PagTotal column shows the number of pages (as expected), and the Subtitle column shows the desired output (e.g., 526 páginas).
I plug the Kobo again and send the book, which is converted to KEPUB in the process. The metadata had been embedded into the file so it should be included in the KEPUB, right? The expected output would be that I see the "526 páginas" subtitle under the title, but it does not appear. It does, however, when I plug it again, update cached metadata, and unplug it.
If I'm understanding correctly the way it works, my setting is correct and it should work and show the subtitle with just one plugging the Kobo, when I send the book, but it doesn't.
So I want to have my Kobo set in such a way that it shows a subtitle with the number of pages below the title of the book. Something like this, but in my case, with the Spanish format, so, for instance, "256 páginas".
What I did before
Prior to finding about NickelSeries I had this system:
One column to be populated by the Count Pages plugin, with a name such as PagTotal and a reference name such as #subtitle. Count Pages requires this column to be an Integer type column.
The KoboTouch plugin with these settings.
Then, I add a book, hit Count Pages, plug the Kobo and send the book. I unplug the Kobo and the book is sent, but no subtitle is shown. I plug the Kobo again, hit "Update cached metadata in device", unplug it, and the subtitle appears as desired.
What I've done with NickelSeries so far
Prior to this I have never installed any add-on to the Kobo. No Koreader, no NickelMenu, nothing. This has been the first add-on I've tried. So my process was:
At this point the Kobo showed an "updating" screen and after a minute it went back to the home screen. Just in case, I then turn it off until I see "Powered off" in a black screen, and then I turn it back on (the famous three loading dots).
I changed the # of the PagTotal column to #pages, and created a new column Subtitle #subtitle with the type "Column built from other columns, behaves like tags", and a template "{#paginas:} páginas". I also changed the Subtitle template in the KoboTouch plugin this way.
After this, I add an EPUB book to Calibre, add metadata, Count Pages, embed metadata. Now the PagTotal column shows the number of pages (as expected), and the Subtitle column shows the desired output (e.g., 526 páginas).
I plug the Kobo again and send the book, which is converted to KEPUB in the process. The metadata had been embedded into the file so it should be included in the KEPUB, right? The expected output would be that I see the "526 páginas" subtitle under the title, but it does not appear. It does, however, when I plug it again, update cached metadata, and unplug it.
If I'm understanding correctly the way it works, my setting is correct and it should work and show the subtitle with just one plugging the Kobo, when I send the book, but it doesn't.