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MSWallack · 07-10-2018, 02:23 PM

I have 100+ books on my Kindle Oasis. Most are displaying with Firstname Lastname (based on the author metadata from Calibre). I sent the books to my device via email. I'd like to update the metadata for the books on the device so that they display Lastname, Firstname. Obviously, I could delete all of the books and send them again, but there has to be an easier (and faster) way, right? I created a new library in Calibre and copied the books to that new library and then fixed the author metadata, but it doesn't appear that those changes were synced with the device.

So my question is: Using Calibre, what is the best method to update the author metadata of books already on a Kindle?

07-10-2018, 02:23 PM	#1
MSWallack Right, Except When Wrong Posts: 363 Karma: 4323767 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Indianapolis Device: Kindle Oasis 3 (sometimes iPad Mini).	Update metadata on device (author) I have 100+ books on my Kindle Oasis. Most are displaying with Firstname Lastname (based on the author metadata from Calibre). I sent the books to my device via email. I'd like to update the metadata for the books on the device so that they display Lastname, Firstname. Obviously, I could delete all of the books and send them again, but there has to be an easier (and faster) way, right? I created a new library in Calibre and copied the books to that new library and then fixed the author metadata, but it doesn't appear that those changes were synced with the device. So my question is: Using Calibre, what is the best method to update the author metadata of books already on a Kindle?