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Old 06-24-2018, 09:32 PM   #1564
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Bleh92 View Post
How hard I tried, with several different methods, I am unable to add Author data (or any other data) into the metadata of a .cbz comic/manga file. It is driving me crazy. First I thought I am doing something wrong when embedding metadata but no, my Kobo Clara HD seems to just not read the metadata of a .cbz file. The file looks OK on calibre or any other program that reads metadata.

Implementing Kobo devices with the reading function of comic metadata does not look like a ton of work and I'm a bit OCD about keeping my books/library tidy. Could you guys make this happen in future releases, please?
Sorry, but the firmware doesn't read the metadata from CBZ or CBR files. From memory, there is no actual standard for the metadata in these files. There are a couple of different versions based on the apps people are using. The lack of a standard makes it hard for a company to decide to support something.

If you want to update the metadata, you can with my Kobo Utilities plugin in calibre. This has a function to directly update the metadata in the database on the device for any type of book that is already in the device and in the database. This does mean you need to send the book to the device and disconnect it to let the books be imported. Then reconnect again to do the updates. But, it is the only way to get what you want done.
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