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Old 08-01-2017, 06:38 AM   #12
John F
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
Calibre has a limited number of functions for books that are stored on the Kobo without a copy in your Calibre library so you might call that management. Right click on a book in Device view to see those functions. Metadata management requires a copy in your Calibre library for the metadata to be associated with. Metadata from the Calibre library book matching the book on the Kobo is what is sent to the Kobo database when updating the metadata on the Kobo.

I am rather puzzled as to why anyone would have a book on their ereader without also having a copy in Calibre. Think of it as the first stage in your backup/disaster recovery plan. Lose your ereader? The books are safely stored elsewhere. Personally, I keep my ebook collection in 4 places including two physical and one cloud backup. As the old IT saying goes: I know I'm paranoid, I just don't know if I am paranoid enough.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
It is necessary to have a copy on the Kobo and in the Calibre library in order for the series information to be passed to the Kobo. After that, I do not know. But why would you delete the book from Calibre? Once you read it and delete it from the Kobo, you'd then have one copy if it was still in the Calibre library.
Just curious, if there is an entry in Calibre for the book, but no actual book file in Calibre, will calibre still update the metadata on the Kobo device?
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