Synchronizing updated books

chemi · 01-02-2013, 05:35 AM

Hello, I have copied couple of books to my Sony Reader PRS-T2.
Then, I updated some metadata of one of those books within Calibre.
Is there any way to detect differences or discrepancies between books copied into the device and the ones in Calibre Library? Os I should copy all the books again into the device overwriting the existing ones?

Thanks in advance,

Chemi.

chaley · 01-02-2013, 05:47 AM

Given that you are using a Sony, the easiest thing to do is set "metadata management" to automatic (preferences -> sending books to devices). Once you do this, calibre will automatically update the metadata in the Sony DB every time you connect the device.

Note that setting it to automatic tells calibre to manage all collections on the T1. Any manually-added collections will be deleted. If you don't want this then you will need to keep track of the date you last connected and resend books that have changed since that date. IMO it is easier to set up calibre to create the collections (done in device config -- lots of posts on this) than to fiddle around with dates and resending.

chemi · 01-02-2013, 08:22 AM

Understood. Thanks!

01-02-2013, 05:35 AM	#1
chemi Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	Synchronizing updated books Hello, I have copied couple of books to my Sony Reader PRS-T2. Then, I updated some metadata of one of those books within Calibre. Is there any way to detect differences or discrepancies between books copied into the device and the ones in Calibre Library? Os I should copy all the books again into the device overwriting the existing ones? Thanks in advance, Chemi.

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01-02-2013, 05:47 AM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,738 Karma: 6997045 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Given that you are using a Sony, the easiest thing to do is set "metadata management" to automatic (preferences -> sending books to devices). Once you do this, calibre will automatically update the metadata in the Sony DB every time you connect the device. Note that setting it to automatic tells calibre to manage all collections on the T1. Any manually-added collections will be deleted. If you don't want this then you will need to keep track of the date you last connected and resend books that have changed since that date. IMO it is easier to set up calibre to create the collections (done in device config -- lots of posts on this) than to fiddle around with dates and resending.

01-02-2013, 08:22 AM	#3
chemi Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	Understood. Thanks!