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tpkacer · 11-17-2010, 07:08 AM

The title pretty much says it all - when I try to add a new format in Edit meta information in Calibre, the new format file loses all its contents.

Typically, I have a .doc file as an e-book in the Calibre library. As I own a Sony PRS-300 reader, I need to convert these .doc files (which I do in OpenOffice as Calibre won't convert .doc files). I save these as .txt or .rtf. Then I go to "Edit meta information" of the e-book and when I add a new format (.txt or .rtf) via clicking the appropriate icon - a reddish book-cover with a plus sign, and the newly added file loses all content and has 0 bytes.
Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks!

I use Calibre 0.7.28 running on Ubuntu 10.04.

11-17-2010, 07:08 AM	#1
tpkacer Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Sony PRS-300	Add new format in Edit Meta deletes file contents in Calibre The title pretty much says it all - when I try to add a new format in Edit meta information in Calibre, the new format file loses all its contents. Typically, I have a .doc file as an e-book in the Calibre library. As I own a Sony PRS-300 reader, I need to convert these .doc files (which I do in OpenOffice as Calibre won't convert .doc files). I save these as .txt or .rtf. Then I go to "Edit meta information" of the e-book and when I add a new format (.txt or .rtf) via clicking the appropriate icon - a reddish book-cover with a plus sign, and the newly added file loses all content and has 0 bytes. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks! I use Calibre 0.7.28 running on Ubuntu 10.04.