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Old 09-21-2010, 01:58 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by zin View Post
So, am I correct in assuming:
1. All secondary author info is only stored in metadata.db
2. The full (not truncated) book name is only stored in metadata.db
3. All book covers are stored as "cover.jpg" and whether the book has a "cover.jpg" is stored in metadata.db
Unfortunately, the answer is "Yes." To put it another way, all metadata is stored in the database - metadata.db. If there's metadata stored anywhere else, it's a byproduct of the fact that Calibre accesses files by labeling them with bits of metadata, or because the user has intentionally stored that metadata elsewhere in a backup, opf file or inside a format/file by making a same format conversion.

(More accurately, on point 3, I believe the database does not store whether the book has a "cover.jpg." Calibre just looks to see if it exists.)
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