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Originally Posted by chaley
They are for me.
Steps I took to check: - Open the epub and check content.opf. Custom columns were not there.
- Run polish books with "Update metadata" checked.
- Open the ebook and check content.opf. All the custom columns were there, each separately under the attribute name "user_metadata", including ones with null values.
I don't know why I see this and BR does not. |
Ah-ha - BR does not use Polish! It would seem that conversion only writes the bare essentials to content.opf.
After creating a new EPUB usually from a DOCX, I use Modify to delete the cover, Update metadata is
not checked, rationale why would I want to do that, given I just did a conversion. The reason I use Modify is to remove the cover from the EPUB.
If I Polish or Modify a book with the Update Metadata box ticked, then all the metadata is written in content.opf
I guess the same would happen if I did a Save to Disk or Send to Device, but I don't use those either. To get something to my Galaxy Note I open the book folder and put it there via Windows Send To. I never have more than 10 books on my Galaxy Note and they're usually gone within a week or two.
I'm not interested in the metadata embedded in the book. Being a minimalist, the less the better. Now I have discovered Sigil's metadata editor I can more easily remove things. Maybe something like Sigil's metadata editor would be a candidate for a new Plug In or an enhancement to the Modify PI.
BR