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you're very welcome.
I would suggest you do this in lots, because what I'm recommending has no undo -- save a backup of your calibre library first.
then, you could work in sets using virtual libraries if you wish, or not.
the cool thing is, once you get set with which method and settings you like, you can pretty much then do this in bulk for everything in your library. I am still doing it in lots because I like to doublecheck that things worked the way I intended.
Target: ebook files with embedded metadata jackets and covers (preferably epubs, azw3 also supports this)
For any method, first order of business: change your preferences in calibre so that you are not telling it to save covers and metadata in separate files.
Methods:
a) convert books to epub and in the conversion window,
- select the "structure" tab on the left
-place a check in the box next to "insert metadata as page at start of book"
If you already have an epub, you can re-convert the epub as a method of adding metadata to the book, but this is not necessary (and it takes longer to reconvert epub-to-epub than these next two methods)
Nota Bene: depending on your preferences in calibre, the original epub prior to reconversion may be retained, and the format renamed to "original-epub". If you like this, great. If you don't, great. just change the preference in calibre. this also applies if you use method b or c - the preferences define whether the "original-epub" gets retained/renamed.
b) Modify epub
This method, hence the name, only works on epub files.
There are LOTS of things you can do to your epub, I'm only going to mention the ones relevant to this discussion.
Section "Metadata Jackets"
Pick a selection, place a checkmark in it. either
-Remove all metadata jackets
-Remove legacy metadata jackets
-add/replace metadata jacket *** i recommend this one for your needs unless there are specific files that have something undesired.
nb: if you choose add/replace plus either of the others, whatever you add will get removed, too.
section "covers"
check one:
-remove broken image pages
-remove existing cover
-insert or replace cover
I have not played much with the other options.
c) polish books
this one is my new favorite... it's a new thing that came with one of the updates between 0.9 and 1.0. It also only works on epubs or azw3s.
this has a butload of settings. One cool thing is you can save settings so if you do multiple types of activities you can save each set, load settings when you need them.
I've been using this almost exclusively since I found it.
I like these settings:
-smarten punctuation
-update metadata in the book files
-update the cover in the book files
-add metadata as a "book jacket" page
also, to keep track of what you've polished vs what you have not, you can create a custom yes/no column "polished" so once you've completed a group you can bulk change metadata so the polished column has a "yes" so that you know you don't need to do that again.
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