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Old 06-21-2017, 04:08 PM   #3
mpuech
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Originally Posted by itimpi View Post
They ARE already included in the .epub file.

Calibre keeps a copy of the cover for display in the GUI as not all formats support covers. The .opf file is kept to allow for recovery when/if the Main Calibre metadata database gets corrupted.
Thanks for your quick reply, but I'm not sure I was comprehensible (sorry I'm french).

I modified the comments and changed the cover at 21:21, but the epub last modification didn't change:
max@pc-max:~$ ls -l "/home/max/Bibliothèque calibre/Collectif/Guide d'autodefense numerique _ Tome 1 -- hors connexions (6973)"
-rw-rw-r-- 1 max max 56194 juin 21 21:43 cover.jpg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 max max 197242 juin 21 19:05 Guide d'autodefense numerique _ Tome 1 -- - Collectif.epub
-rw-rw-r-- 1 max max 3498 juin 21 21:43 metadata.opf

If I copy only the epub in another place, import it with Calibre, the comments and the cover aren't modified.

max@pc-max:~$ ls -l "/home/max/Bibliothèque calibre/Collectif/Guide d'autodefense numerique _ Tome 1 -- hors connexions (7029)"
-rw-rw-r-- 1 max max 12235 juin 21 21:51 cover.jpg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 max max 197242 juin 21 21:51 Guide d'autodefense numerique _ Tome 1 -- - Collectif.epub
-rw-rw-r-- 1 max max 3508 juin 21 21:54 metadata.opf

A the importation, Calibre created a cover.jpg and a metadata.opf from the epub (you're right, they are in the epub) but there are the old ones.
I would like to distribute the epub with the new cover and comments.

Of course, the epub is free (https://guide.boum.org/).

Regards,
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