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eschwartz · 01-31-2015, 08:30 PM

Or use Embed Metadata, which is a way of manually applying the same update routines on library books that normally is applied in Send-to-device or Save-to-disk.

It is not that calibre cannot update metadata. It simply chooses not to, unless you specifically request.

There is no point (usually) in changing the in-library copies of the ebooks*, and this way you can always revert if mysterious potentialities happen.

Any method of exporting books will update the metadata in the exported copies -- why else can we edit the fields in calibre's GUI?

* -- but sometimes you do want to. Like if you are hosting the books through calibre2opds or some other tool.

01-31-2015, 08:30 PM	#11
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Or use Embed Metadata, which is a way of manually applying the same update routines on library books that normally is applied in Send-to-device or Save-to-disk. It is not that calibre cannot update metadata. It simply chooses not to, unless you specifically request. There is no point (usually) in changing the in-library copies of the ebooks, and this way you can always revert if mysterious potentialities happen. Any method of exporting* books will update the metadata in the exported copies -- why else can we edit the fields in calibre's GUI? * -- but sometimes you do want to. Like if you are hosting the books through calibre2opds or some other tool. Last edited by eschwartz; 01-31-2015 at 08:33 PM.