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Chaihana Joe · 01-28-2012, 04:43 PM

I'm new to Calibre, new to authoring in fact. I want to push the book I'm writing through Calibre to convert from HTML to ePub on a frequent basis and I want to be able to have the metadata and conversion settings 'remembered' from one 'build' to the next.

It seems to me I should be looking in either one of two possible places. Either keep my book as an entry in the Calibre catalog and just 'refresh' it with the latest HTML as and when it's ready. This would allow me to keep the metadata, etc from build to build. I can see no way to achieve this.

Alternatively it may be possible to export or save my metadata and conversion settings so that each new iteration of the book can have the saved settings applied to it as each build passes through Calibre. I can see no way to achieve this, either.

I hope this makes sense.

What do you recommend?

01-28-2012, 04:43 PM	#1
Chaihana Joe Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle 4, Kobo Glo, Apple devices, Android devices, PC	Persisting html-to-epub workflow I'm new to Calibre, new to authoring in fact. I want to push the book I'm writing through Calibre to convert from HTML to ePub on a frequent basis and I want to be able to have the metadata and conversion settings 'remembered' from one 'build' to the next. It seems to me I should be looking in either one of two possible places. Either keep my book as an entry in the Calibre catalog and just 'refresh' it with the latest HTML as and when it's ready. This would allow me to keep the metadata, etc from build to build. I can see no way to achieve this. Alternatively it may be possible to export or save my metadata and conversion settings so that each new iteration of the book can have the saved settings applied to it as each build passes through Calibre. I can see no way to achieve this, either. I hope this makes sense. What do you recommend?