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Originally Posted by eschwartz
It is for this exact reason that I have a custom column called "Original Filename". So I can always replace the original copy on my Kindle Touch cleanly, preserving annotations and pagenumbers.
I would be even happier if reading metadata from filename would fall back on reading from the file contents for metadata fields not named in the regex. That way, I could have the filename automatically imported. Even so, as part of my obsessive cleanup and normalizing routine, it doesn't take long. Small chunks at a time is the key to metadata control.
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That's a good idea. Some of the weird names and authors that are in metadata are a pain. In particular, it's a great idea for importing pdf files.
While in the past I used to spend tons of time converting pdf's to epub, with decent pdf readers for android, it isn't worth my time BUT I still like to have them in my calibre in order to set tags and rename the files in the same way I do my epubs for ease of use on my android.
I just wish I could find a means of updating metadata on a pdf file.