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badbob001 · 03-20-2015, 09:58 AM

If an ebook in Calibre shows multiple formats (eg: PDF, EPUB, AZW3), is there a way to tell which format was created by a Calibre conversion and which is "original"?

This may be useful if I see an error in one format and want to re-convert from the original source format. Or if I get a device that supports the original format, then I may want to delete the unneeded converted formats.

I'm guessing a converted document would have some distinct calibre metadata into, but perhaps calibre adds the same data to originals as well (maybe with the exception of PDFs)?

It would be ideal if the Formats column could visually show a distinction originals and conversions, perhaps by bolding or highlighting.

03-20-2015, 09:58 AM	#1
badbob001 Fanatic Posts: 556 Karma: 1102020 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kindle Keyboard (rip), Kindle Voyage, Fire Tablet 10 '17, iPad '19	Determine which format was a Calibre conversion? If an ebook in Calibre shows multiple formats (eg: PDF, EPUB, AZW3), is there a way to tell which format was created by a Calibre conversion and which is "original"? This may be useful if I see an error in one format and want to re-convert from the original source format. Or if I get a device that supports the original format, then I may want to delete the unneeded converted formats. I'm guessing a converted document would have some distinct calibre metadata into, but perhaps calibre adds the same data to originals as well (maybe with the exception of PDFs)? It would be ideal if the Formats column could visually show a distinction originals and conversions, perhaps by bolding or highlighting.