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nicole552 · 09-15-2011, 10:29 AM

Hi,

I'm new to this whole thing and I'm guessing I'm not doing something right. It's pretty discouraging though. I thought I edited metadata for over 5000 epubs and it's not staying. These are are my issues: I've been either downloading the metadata through calibre or creating my own. When I put them on my device, the changes don't show. The file names are still the original ones, and the covers don't stay. This is also the case when I moved some books from one calibre library to another. I downloaded some books and edited the metadata on one computer, and then I copied them to my phone and dumped the folder on my laptop. When I added the books to my calibre library on my laptop, the metadata I edited was reverted to the original. I've also tried the option in converting ebooks that is supposed to write the metadata as the front page of the ebook and that didn't work either! HELP! I've already wasted a lot of time doing this.

Also, unrelated, but I'm using Aldiko on my phone to read epubs. For some reason Aldiko duplicates my folders, filling up my SD card. Does anyone know why this is happening? I can't find any help issues similar.

09-15-2011, 10:29 AM	#1
nicole552 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Android	Problems getting metadata edits to stay Hi, I'm new to this whole thing and I'm guessing I'm not doing something right. It's pretty discouraging though. I thought I edited metadata for over 5000 epubs and it's not staying. These are are my issues: I've been either downloading the metadata through calibre or creating my own. When I put them on my device, the changes don't show. The file names are still the original ones, and the covers don't stay. This is also the case when I moved some books from one calibre library to another. I downloaded some books and edited the metadata on one computer, and then I copied them to my phone and dumped the folder on my laptop. When I added the books to my calibre library on my laptop, the metadata I edited was reverted to the original. I've also tried the option in converting ebooks that is supposed to write the metadata as the front page of the ebook and that didn't work either! HELP! I've already wasted a lot of time doing this. Also, unrelated, but I'm using Aldiko on my phone to read epubs. For some reason Aldiko duplicates my folders, filling up my SD card. Does anyone know why this is happening? I can't find any help issues similar.