can I edit a book's metadata on my kindle and if yes, how?

mhguda · 07-22-2011, 10:51 PM

I use Calibre to upload books to my kindle, sometimes after converting them first, sometimes having Calibre do the conversion automatically for me.
Occasionally, I do this when I am in too much of a hurry to start reading to bother checking if all the book's metadata is correct, and then afterward I find it is not. Can I edit the metadata for a book that is on the device AND in my library? If the kindle has this possibility I have not been able to find it.
I could of course delete the book from the kindle, edit its data in the Calibre library, and resend it to the kindle, but if I could just edit the data when it is already on the kindle that would be so much easier and save two steps.

Thanks for suggestions...

lininjim · 08-14-2011, 02:27 PM

I have also tried to do this with no success, I wanted to correct some issues where the author's name had gone in lf rather than fl as I prefer.

07-22-2011, 10:51 PM	#1
mhguda Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Palm Lifedrive	can I edit a book's metadata on my kindle and if yes, how? I use Calibre to upload books to my kindle, sometimes after converting them first, sometimes having Calibre do the conversion automatically for me. Occasionally, I do this when I am in too much of a hurry to start reading to bother checking if all the book's metadata is correct, and then afterward I find it is not. Can I edit the metadata for a book that is on the device AND in my library? If the kindle has this possibility I have not been able to find it. I could of course delete the book from the kindle, edit its data in the Calibre library, and resend it to the kindle, but if I could just edit the data when it is already on the kindle that would be so much easier and save two steps. Thanks for suggestions...

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08-14-2011, 02:27 PM	#2
lininjim Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Middle England Device: prs505; prs600 - sold, iPad, Kindle 3	I have also tried to do this with no success, I wanted to correct some issues where the author's name had gone in lf rather than fl as I prefer.

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