The first thing I tried when I started having the problem was deleting the .opf files. However, that doesn't work -- it looses all of the metadata. None of the books show up in search by series.
I know that the metadata is supposed to be in the .epub file as well, but maybe calibre isn't putting it in the .epub -- maybe it is just stashing it in the .opf? I'm not sure. I'll try loading up some of my .epubs in a Sigil and see what metadata is there.
I'll also try calibre companion. I haven't seen that one. Thanks for the info.
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Originally Posted by jackie_w
For starters you should only be copying the .epub file to your reading device. The .opf and cover.jpg files that calibre stores for each book are only meaningful to calibre. The .opf file contains a backup of calibre's metadata for the book. The metadata and cover used by most android reading apps is that which is stored inside the .epub.
If you use calibre's Save-to-disk option (rather than drag/drop or copy/paste) you would have the options to
- exclude saving .opf and cover.jpg
- use whatever folder/filenaming structure you like by setting the Save template
- calibre can update all its up-to-date metadata into the epub during the save
See calibre Prefs - Saving books to disk for more details.
Alternatively, if you haven't already, you might like to check out the android Calibre Companion app which is a very nice way of managing your books on android devices. You should still be able to use fbreader for the actual reading of each book, but I haven't tried it as I prefer Mantano, Moon+ or CoolReader myself. |