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DiapDealer · 09-04-2013, 06:50 AM

If you're trying to alter/rebuild a kindlebook while at the same time wanting the new one's EXTH record to look and smell exactly the same as the original to the Amazon system, you're probably wasting your time. Especially if it was originally DRMed.

If that's not what you're about, then I can't see your steps 1-3 significantly changing any relevant metadata in the first place. But MOBI metadata editor programs pop up around here from time to time. It shouldn't be too hard to find one. I can't testify to their "simpleness," though.

EDIT: also, if it's just standard ebook metadata (author, title, subject, etc) type stuff you're looking to tweak, you can easily tweak that metadata in the OPF file before rebuilding. Changing the metadata (on the fly) of a binary Kindlebook is no mean feat. That's probably why simple, standalone MOBI metadata editors aren't more prevalent than they are.

09-04-2013, 06:50 AM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,389 Karma: 203720150 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	If you're trying to alter/rebuild a kindlebook while at the same time wanting the new one's EXTH record to look and smell exactly the same as the original to the Amazon system, you're probably wasting your time. Especially if it was originally DRMed. If that's not what you're about, then I can't see your steps 1-3 significantly changing any relevant metadata in the first place. But MOBI metadata editor programs pop up around here from time to time. It shouldn't be too hard to find one. I can't testify to their "simpleness," though. EDIT: also, if it's just standard ebook metadata (author, title, subject, etc) type stuff you're looking to tweak, you can easily tweak that metadata in the OPF file before rebuilding. Changing the metadata (on the fly) of a binary Kindlebook is no mean feat. That's probably why simple, standalone MOBI metadata editors aren't more prevalent than they are. Last edited by DiapDealer; 09-04-2013 at 07:02 AM.