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Inukami · 05-28-2018, 10:23 AM

Do you re-import updated books into Calibre? Or do you just import them once and that is it?

I note that Amazon does update the content of the books occasionally, or authors may do a review/rewrite of a book and Apple iBooks is crazy with its updates. The covers can update quite frequently but I find Calibre is good at finding various covers and updates so no problem there.

If you do re-import updated books, for content purposes, what sort of problems do you run into? Some thoughts below..

You have changed the title of the book so Calibre doesn’t find that you have two version. You can use the find duplicates plugin.
Metadata does not match or different
Cover is different and you prefer to keep the current cover
Do you import another version and edit the new one and delete the older version? But if you do that, it is a lot of work doing the metadata again?
What do you do when the book content changes but the metadata is the same? Can you transfer the metadata from the old version to the new and then delete the old?

Any other issues with re-importing updated books into Calibre? Or the best way of doing so?

Thanks,

Inukami

05-28-2018, 10:23 AM	#1
Inukami Zealot Posts: 145 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Australia Device: Mac Pro 2013 & Mini 2018, iPad Mini 4, iPhone 11, iBooks, K4Mac/PC	Re-importing updated books into Calibre. How do you do it? Do you do it? Do you re-import updated books into Calibre? Or do you just import them once and that is it? I note that Amazon does update the content of the books occasionally, or authors may do a review/rewrite of a book and Apple iBooks is crazy with its updates. The covers can update quite frequently but I find Calibre is good at finding various covers and updates so no problem there. If you do re-import updated books, for content purposes, what sort of problems do you run into? Some thoughts below.. You have changed the title of the book so Calibre doesn’t find that you have two version. You can use the find duplicates plugin. Metadata does not match or different Cover is different and you prefer to keep the current cover Do you import another version and edit the new one and delete the older version? But if you do that, it is a lot of work doing the metadata again? What do you do when the book content changes but the metadata is the same? Can you transfer the metadata from the old version to the new and then delete the old? Any other issues with re-importing updated books into Calibre? Or the best way of doing so? Thanks, Inukami