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Old 01-26-2011, 06:05 AM   #4
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Over time the data in calibre starts to differ more and more from the data on the device. Double books show up even though there are no doubles on the device (I searched). Titles/authors start to differ.
How do you get books from calibre to your device?

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2) Keep metadata and opf/calibre data in sync
The FAQ says, that calibre can write metadata to pdf. Unfortunately it doesn't write the metadata into the pdf. Neither in Linux nor in Windows am I able to force my carefully edited Titles/Authors from calibre into the pdf.
First, I believe some types of PDF files don't seem to accept changes using calibre's metadata writer. However most PDF files can be updated. Do you have the pdf metadata writer plugin enabled?

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=> is there an option which does: "write all metadata of the selected books as they are in calibre into the pdf/epub"?
Update: I see you already answered this question.

Yes. Do you only use calibre to manage your books on your device? Do you have metadata management set to Automatic management (see attached). Also if you set this to automatic examine the Sony Device interface plugin to see what you can customize (see attached).

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I really don't want to have to use Adobe Digital Editions as it's not Free Software and doesn't work with Linux.
The Linux is a sticking point but it is free to use in Windows. But 100s of thousands of Sony users use calibre without your problems so there is hope that we will be able to help you out.

Hopefully someone with further insight or the right questions can clear things up.
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