diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py b/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py
index a0057d8ec9..64f82e2b76 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py
@@ -288,14 +288,16 @@ class XMLCache(object):
                     if DEBUG:
                         prints('Renaming title', book.title, 'to', title)
                     book.title = title
-                authors = record.get('author', None)
-                if authors is not None:
-                    authors = string_to_authors(authors)
-                    if authors != book.authors:
-                        if DEBUG:
-                            prints('Renaming authors', book.authors, 'to',
-                                    authors)
-                        book.authors = authors
+# We shouldn't do this for Sonys, because the reader strips
+# all but the first author.
+#                authors = record.get('author', None)
+#                if authors is not None:
+#                    authors = string_to_authors(authors)
+#                    if authors != book.authors:
+#                        if DEBUG:
+#                            prints('Renaming authors', book.authors, 'to',
+#                                    authors)
+#                        book.authors = authors
                 for thumbnail in record.xpath(
                         'descendant::*[local-name()="thumbnail"]'):
                     for img in thumbnail.xpath(
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py b/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py
index cb911d4106..b8fcf235e6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py
@@ -800,14 +800,14 @@ class DeviceBooksModel(BooksModel): # {{{
         self.sort_history = [self.sorted_on]
         self.unknown = _('Unknown')
         self.column_map = ['inlibrary', 'title', 'authors', 'timestamp', 'size',
-                'tags']
+                'collections']
         self.headers = {
                 'inlibrary'  : _('In Library'),
                 'title'      : _('Title'),
                 'authors'    : _('Author(s)'),
                 'timestamp'  : _('Date'),
                 'size'       : _('Size'),
-                'tags'       : _('Collections')
+                'collections': _('Collections')
                 }
         self.marked_for_deletion = {}
         self.search_engine = OnDeviceSearch(self)
@@ -968,6 +968,23 @@ class DeviceBooksModel(BooksModel): # {{{
         dt = dt_factory(item.datetime, assume_utc=True)
         data[_('Timestamp')] = isoformat(dt, sep=' ', as_utc=False)
         data[_('Collections')] = ', '.join(item.device_collections)
+
+        tags = getattr(item, 'tags', None)
+        if tags:
+            tags = ', '.join(tags)
+        else:
+            tags = _('None')
+        data[_('Tags')] = tags
+        comments = getattr(item, 'comments', None)
+        if not comments:
+            comments = _('None')
+        data[_('Comments')] = comments
+        series = getattr(item, 'series', None)
+        if series:
+            sidx = getattr(item, 'series_index', 0)
+            sidx = fmt_sidx(sidx, use_roman = self.use_roman_numbers)
+            data[_('Series')] = _('Book <font face="serif">%s</font> of %s.')%(sidx, series)
+
         self.new_bookdisplay_data.emit(data)
 
     def paths(self, rows):
@@ -1000,7 +1017,7 @@ class DeviceBooksModel(BooksModel): # {{{
                 dt = self.db[self.map[row]].datetime
                 dt = dt_factory(dt, assume_utc=True, as_utc=False)
                 return QVariant(strftime(TIME_FMT, dt.timetuple()))
-            elif cname == 'tags':
+            elif cname == 'collections':
                 tags = self.db[self.map[row]].device_collections
                 if tags:
                     return QVariant(', '.join(tags))
@@ -1045,7 +1062,7 @@ class DeviceBooksModel(BooksModel): # {{{
                 self.db[idx].title_sorter = val
             elif cname == 'authors':
                 self.db[idx].authors = string_to_authors(val)
-            elif cname == 'tags':
+            elif cname == 'collections':
                 tags = [i.strip() for i in val.split(',')]
                 tags = [t for t in tags if t]
                 self.db[idx].device_collections = tags
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/status.py b/src/calibre/gui2/status.py
index f7bafacf8b..2759c4074b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/status.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/status.py
@@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ class BookInfoDisplay(QWidget):
     WEIGHTS = collections.defaultdict(lambda : 100)
     WEIGHTS[_('Path')] = 0
     WEIGHTS[_('Formats')] = 1
-    WEIGHTS[_('Comments')] = 4
-    WEIGHTS[_('Series')] = 2
-    WEIGHTS[_('Tags')] = 3
+    WEIGHTS[_('Collections')] = 2
+    WEIGHTS[_('Series')] = 3
+    WEIGHTS[_('Tags')] = 4
+    WEIGHTS[_('Comments')] = 5
 
     show_book_info = pyqtSignal()