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Old 02-27-2013, 11:53 PM   #472
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I can understand that, at least up to a point. I would certainly prefer to see the device do something like "if the assigned unique identifier is the same as the old version, transfer the shelving and progress data over to the new version, because it's the same book."
The device can't do that because it no longer knows about the book. When the device detects the book has changed (looking at file size) it deletes the book and removes it from the database. You have to do whatever you usually do to put another copy of the book onto the device. At that time, it is a new book to the device because it removed all details of it in the first step.
Actually, no - the device rescans the book, rather than deleting it and requiring a recopy. And if the device were to compare those details before deleting the book from the database, it could do that.
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