Thread: Glo + Shelves + different formats
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Old 08-18-2014, 11:19 PM   #9
davidfor
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Originally Posted by FencepostErr1r View Post
When I notice that the book is broken, it's too late. My computer is either out of reach or I don't have a suitable cable or I am too lazy to get up from my couch.
I'd really like just to be able to switch to a pre-fixed version that is already on the device when necessary.
You have me baffled. It sounds like you are getting a new epub and fixing problems in it. Then you want to send the original unfixed version and the fixed version to the device. But, you are going to read the unfixed version and only change to the fixed version if you find problems.

Or do I have it backwards. You want to read the fixed version and revert to the unfixed if you find problems you didn't fix?

Part of my confusion is that I'm not sure what you mean by "pre-fixed version". Is that "pre" as in "before the fix" or "pre" as in "one I prepared earlier".

In either case, I'm not sure of the point. I edit just about any epub I get to clean up the code and make them look good on the device. I even have a calibre plugin to automate this for books from a couple of sources. The only reason I put the unedited version on my devices is for the curiosity of seeing how they look with the original code. Unless I have completely screwed up the changes, the version that gets to the device is always better than the original. Reverting back to the original version wouldn't help me.

But, if that's what you want to do, I think the easiest way to do it is to treat the original and fixed versions as two books. Add the original book to calibre, change the title or author to include something to say it is the unedited version. Then add the book again and edit it. Then you can send both versions to the device and they will be treated as different books. Then you can swap between them with no problems.
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