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AZBooks · 07-13-2013, 10:30 PM

Thanks all. We do appreciate the advice. However, this thread is aiming in the wrong direction..obviously lot's of passion about Calibre's feature set.

For anyone with a very large family or large network of friends...rolling out a new tool is a massive headache. You become the trainer and IT guy for EVERYONE, at all times of the DAY & NIGHT. You become the contact for it's updates, lack of features, how features work, their "shrink" when frustrated...and so on. The simple need of updating book metadata doesn't warrant rolling out software to everyone's laptop, box, etc.

Just the addition of a new and unknown file type (OPF) in our book folders will cause enough issues with family members.
Dad what are these files for?
What does it do?
Why can't I open it?
Dad why can't Mom and I have that software for those OPF files?
Dad I found software that read those OPF files!
Dad I installed an open source app that reads OPF files.
Dad my PC is freezing up now!
Dad can I get a new laptop?
Get the picture?

I will try to figure out the difference between:
Save to Disk .vs "Modify" .vs "Polish"
...all 3 suggested as the best way to save metadata to the file.

07-13-2013, 10:30 PM	#18
AZBooks Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: Android Smartphone	Thanks all. We do appreciate the advice. However, this thread is aiming in the wrong direction..obviously lot's of passion about Calibre's feature set. For anyone with a very large family or large network of friends...rolling out a new tool is a massive headache. You become the trainer and IT guy for EVERYONE, at all times of the DAY & NIGHT. You become the contact for it's updates, lack of features, how features work, their "shrink" when frustrated...and so on. The simple need of updating book metadata doesn't warrant rolling out software to everyone's laptop, box, etc. Just the addition of a new and unknown file type (OPF) in our book folders will cause enough issues with family members. Dad what are these files for? What does it do? Why can't I open it? Dad why can't Mom and I have that software for those OPF files? Dad I found software that read those OPF files! Dad I installed an open source app that reads OPF files. Dad my PC is freezing up now! Dad can I get a new laptop? Get the picture? I will try to figure out the difference between: Save to Disk .vs "Modify" .vs "Polish" ...all 3 suggested as the best way to save metadata to the file.