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Old 01-30-2015, 03:15 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic View Post
@BetterRed, @davidfor, I tested importing the extra metadata via an opf file (which would be another easy solution as I could include all the extra data in the opf while extracting the attachments from the MR database), but it appears that calibre then erases part of the existing metadata.
@Alex - I admit to not testing in context of adding a format direct, I edited an existing OPF to put something in the custom column, added that to the library, and then I added the real format file - I suspect it worked because I used the 'get metadata from book' option in Preferences->Add Books.

That approach required me to remove the .opf file masquerading as a format file. But no matter, calibre invariably has more than one way to get the desired result - sometimes I wonder if too many ways

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