Thread: Guide: Removing iTunes metadata from ePub
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Old 07-16-2019, 03:22 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by BlindBandit View Post
... When an ePub is added to iTunes, it doesn't read its metadata from content.opf; it reads it from another file, iTunesMetadata.plist. If the iTunesMetadata.plist file doesn't exist, iTunes will create one based off content.opf and put it inside the original ePub. [emphasis added]
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I don't use iTunes or iBooks for reading ebooks, but I'm always curious about these things.

On iTunes 12.8.2.3, it won't accept ebooks/epubs (at least not in a way I could figure out). When I copied an epub over to iBooks 1.15, the original epub file did not appear to be altered.

Where is this iTunesMetadata.plist file? Is it an invisible/hidden file? When I unzipped the original epub after copying it over to iBooks, it was unchanged as far as I can tell.

Thanks for any enlightenment
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