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Old 10-30-2010, 09:26 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by chaley View Post
According to my experiments, custom metadata is imported if you use Add books from directory (One book per directory). The book format(s) and the opf must be in that directory.

If I add the book directly from the format, then calibre uses the OPF inside the book, which almost certainly won't have the correct custom field information in it.
I use the Add Books - From Single Directory option when adding books and bot the book and opf are in this directory.

I just double checked to make sure and using the Add Books from Single Directory does not use the info from the opf file. Is this possible??

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