Metadata: Categories and iBook

Cteavin · 11-14-2013, 11:46 PM

Hi,

I'm new to Calibre. I discovered it when I needed a work around to get books into my iPad after upgrading to Maverick.

I've discovered that through Calibre I can fix all the metadata painlessly, and I'm really grateful, but I noticed when I put those books into iBooks they were not separated by categories as iTunes had done. I'll try to be more clear.

iTunes put the books automatically into a BOOKS or PDF Category (within iBooks) from which I could select and make new categories, like Cooking, Computers, Comics. However, Pre-Maverick the books I added to iBooks had metadata that automatically separated those books into more specific categories like American Cooking, Japanese Cooking, Swedish Cooking so they were easier to find when I switched to List View. This behavior is not gone -- or I can't it.

Is there a field I'm missing in Calibre that will cause iBooks to separate my books into categories in List Mode? If not, is there another epub/pdf reader for the iPad that will give me more control over how I arrange my books on the iPad?

Thank you,

GRiker · 11-15-2013, 05:36 AM

Apple introduced substantial changes to the way that books are handled under Mavericks, breaking calibre's ability to manage them. You can read more about that here in the calibre forum. The linked thread also includes alternative approaches to adding books to your iPad, including a recommendation for using Marvin, an excellent iBooks alternative.

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11-14-2013, 11:46 PM	#1
Cteavin Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: iPad, iBooks	Metadata: Categories and iBook Hi, I'm new to Calibre. I discovered it when I needed a work around to get books into my iPad after upgrading to Maverick. I've discovered that through Calibre I can fix all the metadata painlessly, and I'm really grateful, but I noticed when I put those books into iBooks they were not separated by categories as iTunes had done. I'll try to be more clear. iTunes put the books automatically into a BOOKS or PDF Category (within iBooks) from which I could select and make new categories, like Cooking, Computers, Comics. However, Pre-Maverick the books I added to iBooks had metadata that automatically separated those books into more specific categories like American Cooking, Japanese Cooking, Swedish Cooking so they were easier to find when I switched to List View. This behavior is not gone -- or I can't it. Is there a field I'm missing in Calibre that will cause iBooks to separate my books into categories in List Mode? If not, is there another epub/pdf reader for the iPad that will give me more control over how I arrange my books on the iPad? Thank you,

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11-15-2013, 05:36 AM	#2
GRiker Comparer of the Ephemeris Posts: 1,496 Karma: 424697 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad	Apple introduced substantial changes to the way that books are handled under Mavericks, breaking calibre's ability to manage them. You can read more about that here in the calibre forum. The linked thread also includes alternative approaches to adding books to your iPad, including a recommendation for using Marvin, an excellent iBooks alternative. G

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