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MamaSylvia · 03-19-2011, 01:18 AM

IIRC, there was a thread about making changes to an HTML file and then re-importing the changed file to Calibre, and someone said as long as the title/author were the same, Calibre would just overwrite the original file and keep the metadata. So I've been editing an HTML file and periodically re-adding the file and clicking "yes" when it asked about importing a possible duplicate. And I just now realized that Calibre has been ADDING them as new entries, not replacing the original entry, so I have 4 Calibre entries for the same book. What am I doing wrong? Also, is there any way I can flag the cover image in the HTML file so Calibre knows it's the cover? I know I can add it using the "edit metadata" option, but I'm going to be editing this for a while and want to copy the latest version to my Kindle on an at least daily basis.

03-19-2011, 01:18 AM	#1
MamaSylvia Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 124 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Droid 1, Kindle 3	Importing changed HTML file -> duplicate entries IIRC, there was a thread about making changes to an HTML file and then re-importing the changed file to Calibre, and someone said as long as the title/author were the same, Calibre would just overwrite the original file and keep the metadata. So I've been editing an HTML file and periodically re-adding the file and clicking "yes" when it asked about importing a possible duplicate. And I just now realized that Calibre has been ADDING them as new entries, not replacing the original entry, so I have 4 Calibre entries for the same book. What am I doing wrong? Also, is there any way I can flag the cover image in the HTML file so Calibre knows it's the cover? I know I can add it using the "edit metadata" option, but I'm going to be editing this for a while and want to copy the latest version to my Kindle on an at least daily basis.