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Old 02-15-2014, 05:39 PM   #16
NillaGoon
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Originally Posted by DoctorOhh View Post
Calibre doesn't automatically update the metadata in any format within its library. The metadata in calibre is stored in the database (metadata.db).
That seems to be true. How interesting...

Well, that at least explains why books with fixed-up cover images require a Convert step before being dragged from Calibre to the new OS X iBooks app. Otherwise, iBooks just receives the original, unaltered book.

There must be a specific operation that propagates metadata from Calibre to the underlying book format on export or Send to Device. I assume this operation is entirely separate from Convert since it's significantly faster.

Is that operation available anywhere in the UI (with Calibre's own library copy of the book as the implicit destination)? I'd love to be able to invoke it explicitly since it's potentially less disruptive than Convert and it apparently works for PDF files as well.

[Edit: Evidently this is pretty close to Polish with only the metadata and cover information turned on. But Polish supports only EPUB and AZW3, whereas the various exports seem to handle PDF files as well.]

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