Checking the file "metadata.opf" in calibre, most of my books don't have a entry for <meta name="calibre:user_metadata:#subtitle ...
Only the most recent book I loaded in calibre and one I've just deleted and reloaded as a test has that entry.
I've tried reloading both books which has that entry but still no subtitle on first connection.
Code:
<meta name="calibre:user_metadata:#subtitle" content="{"table": "custom_column_18", "column": "value", "datatype": "composite", "is_multiple": ",", "kind": "field", "name": "Subtitle", "search_terms": ["#subtitle"], "label": "subtitle", "colnum": 18, "display": {"composite_template": "{#reading_hours} hours", "composite_sort": "text", "make_category": false, "contains_html": false, "composite_show_in_comments": false, "description": ""}, "is_custom": true, "is_category": false, "link_column": "value", "category_sort": "value", "is_csp": false, "is_editable": true, "rec_index": 25, "#value#": "7.00 hours", "#extra#": null, "is_multiple2": {"cache_to_list": ",", "ui_to_list": ",", "list_to_ui": ", "}}"/>
@Phil_C, thanks agin that's the same as I've been using.