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Jellby · 11-09-2014, 08:41 AM

Ok, let's step back.

1. I had the book in the reader. I had set KU to use a particular plugboard to change the author and title in the database (using *_sort and replacing spaces), but this plugboard is not used for sending books, it is only applied manually, as far a I can tell. At this moment, it was already applied, so the author listed in the Kobo is "LastName, FirstName"

2. In my computer, I modify the book to make some fixes. This I do by modifying the source files and rebuilding the epub. As far as I remember, I only changed some text and the modification date in the OPF.

3. I uploaded the modified file with calibre. I did not change the author, title or send-to-device template, so the file is overwritten. After uploading the file I did not "update metadata" in the database with KU.

4. When I unplugged the device, the book still appeared in its home screen tile (I don't remember what was the "% progress" reported there). I opened the book and instead of returning to where I was reading, it goes to the first page. Then I looked at the library and see it has the metadata from the epub file (author as "FirstName LastName"), instead of what was supposed to be in the database.

So, the device has reprocessed the file. I did not modify the file after sending it with calibre, and the only modifications where in the text files and in some part of the OPF which is probably not read by anyone but myself.

It is of course possible that I did something else that I don't remember.

11-09-2014, 08:41 AM	#5
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,556 Karma: 19500001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Ok, let's step back. 1. I had the book in the reader. I had set KU to use a particular plugboard to change the author and title in the database (using _sort and replacing spaces), but this plugboard is not used for sending books, it is only applied manually, as far a I can tell. At this moment, it was already applied, so the author listed in the Kobo is "LastName, FirstName" 2. In my computer, I modify the book to make some fixes. This I do by modifying the source files and rebuilding the epub. As far as I remember, I only changed some text and the modification date in the OPF. 3. I uploaded the modified file with calibre. I did not change the author, title or send-to-device template, so the file is overwritten. After uploading the file I did not* "update metadata" in the database with KU. 4. When I unplugged the device, the book still appeared in its home screen tile (I don't remember what was the "% progress" reported there). I opened the book and instead of returning to where I was reading, it goes to the first page. Then I looked at the library and see it has the metadata from the epub file (author as "FirstName LastName"), instead of what was supposed to be in the database. So, the device has reprocessed the file. I did not modify the file after sending it with calibre, and the only modifications where in the text files and in some part of the OPF which is probably not read by anyone but myself. It is of course possible that I did something else that I don't remember.