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Jellby · 11-09-2014, 04:19 AM

Today I updated a book (fixing the formatting, no changes in metadata) in my Aura, running 3.11 (sideloaded epub, with calibre). When I opened the udated book, it returned to page 1, although I was already midway through the book. Fortunately I had no annotations, I'm afraid they could have been lost.

Also, I have the Kobo Utilities plugin change the author and title in the database. This book was already uploaded, an the data was correct (the way I want it). After I updated the book, apparently the reader re-processed the epub file and "updated" the database writing back the author and title contained in the epub file, instead of keeping the info already present.

Has this always been so and I have just been lucky enough not to experience it before? Or has anything changed between 3.5 and 3.11?

11-09-2014, 04:19 AM	#1
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,550 Karma: 19500001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Update a book (sideload), lose reading position Today I updated a book (fixing the formatting, no changes in metadata) in my Aura, running 3.11 (sideloaded epub, with calibre). When I opened the udated book, it returned to page 1, although I was already midway through the book. Fortunately I had no annotations, I'm afraid they could have been lost. Also, I have the Kobo Utilities plugin change the author and title in the database. This book was already uploaded, an the data was correct (the way I want it). After I updated the book, apparently the reader re-processed the epub file and "updated" the database writing back the author and title contained in the epub file, instead of keeping the info already present. Has this always been so and I have just been lucky enough not to experience it before? Or has anything changed between 3.5 and 3.11?