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BetterRed · 12-20-2014, 03:35 PM

@burnafterreading - I do something similar for some friends & relatives, in essence here's what I what I do

Add the book they send me (via email) to a scratch library
Remove low value metadata (tags, rating, comments etc)
Search for and download the best quality cover
Modify the book (this is an optional plugin) with these settings, basically it strips out existing dross from the epub.
Polish the book with these settings, this does a bit more 'tidying up' and adds the downloaded cover and updated metadata to the book.
Aside : some would argue that a Polish after a Modify is redundant, but I prefer to do both - typing 'Alt/M' (my kb short for Modify)and 'p' is easy enough, the software and scratch library live on an SSD so it only takes a few seconds.
I then take a 'peek' at the book with the viewer to make sure it hasn't 'fallen apart', assuming it hasn't, I have a look at the embedded metadata via the blue 'i' button in the viewer - if anything is wrong I investigate & rectify
Change Preferences->Save to disk to the relevant template
Save to Disk (desktop)
Remove the book from the scratch library
Send the sanitised epub back as a reply to original email

BR

12-20-2014, 03:35 PM	#8
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,759 Karma: 30237526 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@burnafterreading - I do something similar for some friends & relatives, in essence here's what I what I do Add the book they send me (via email) to a scratch library Remove low value metadata (tags, rating, comments etc) Search for and download the best quality cover Modify the book (this is an optional plugin) with these settings, basically it strips out existing dross from the epub. Polish the book with these settings, this does a bit more 'tidying up' and adds the downloaded cover and updated metadata to the book. Aside : some would argue that a Polish after a Modify is redundant, but I prefer to do both - typing 'Alt/M' (my kb short for Modify)and 'p' is easy enough, the software and scratch library live on an SSD so it only takes a few seconds. I then take a 'peek' at the book with the viewer to make sure it hasn't 'fallen apart', assuming it hasn't, I have a look at the embedded metadata via the blue 'i' button in the viewer - if anything is wrong I investigate & rectify Change Preferences->Save to disk to the relevant template Save to Disk (desktop) Remove the book from the scratch library Send the sanitised epub back as a reply to original email BR Last edited by BetterRed; 12-20-2014 at 03:42 PM.