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madelonw · 08-05-2013, 08:46 AM

I've been making a lot of use of the download metadata and download cover buttons after adding books to Calibre. I installed Calibre on my sister's computer and shared a couple of books with her. We both have Kindles and for books obtained from sources other than Amazon, it is nice to have an easy way to get them onto the device. I like to think of Calibre as iTunes for books.

I had downloaded metadata and covers for all 12 of the books I added to Calibre on her machine, but after adding none of the metadata was there.

So my question is, what am I missing? What do I need to do to make the metadata part of the book file? I copied the folders from my library to a flash drive and then added from a directory assuming each book is different. Each book has a metadata.opf file associated with it.

08-05-2013, 08:46 AM	#1
madelonw Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Location: FL Device: Kindle 2, Kindle with Special Offers, iPad 2	Making Metadata Permanent I've been making a lot of use of the download metadata and download cover buttons after adding books to Calibre. I installed Calibre on my sister's computer and shared a couple of books with her. We both have Kindles and for books obtained from sources other than Amazon, it is nice to have an easy way to get them onto the device. I like to think of Calibre as iTunes for books. I had downloaded metadata and covers for all 12 of the books I added to Calibre on her machine, but after adding none of the metadata was there. So my question is, what am I missing? What do I need to do to make the metadata part of the book file? I copied the folders from my library to a flash drive and then added from a directory assuming each book is different. Each book has a metadata.opf file associated with it.