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Old 03-05-2018, 12:08 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by lamont View Post
Also, how can I keep the book file with the edited metadata in my Kindle? For example by saving to disk? Or is that not advisable and I should keep the file with the edited data only on my Kindle?
This is entirely up to you.

Letting Calibre update the metadata upon Send to device is probably the easiest.

Personally, I treat Calibre as kind of a black box. I use Save to disk to keep copies of books with edited metadata to a folder in my HDD using my preferred directory and file naming structure. Then I just drag and drop from the Save to disk folder to my Kindle (robocopy batch file, really). For me, this is quicker than using Calibre to manage the Kindle.

On Preferences - Metadata plugboards (under Import/export heading), I have this set up:

Format: mobi
Device: any device
Note: If you're using Send to device, you'd probably want to use Format: any format and Device: KINDLE. If you're okay with all exported books (content server, email, save to disk, send to device) having title of Series 01 - Title format, you can use Format: any format and Device: any device
Source template:
Code:
{series}{series_index:0>2s| | - }{title}
Destination field: title

If a series exists, this changes the title of the saved/exported mobi to the following:
Series 01 - Title

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