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Originally Posted by davidfor
It will partly fix the problem reported by @Kicweed. It will not error, but, the existing annotations will probably be lost. I am still thinking about how to best handle this.
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Thanks, David, this beta works fine here with Calibre 4.3.0 using a Kindle. If I edit fetched annotations in Calibre and re-fetch from the ebook, the edited annotations are indeed lost.
I'm wondering, though, if such a usecase is really important enough to warrant much effort: I for one take my notes, highlight stuff, etc. while reading a book. Once I'm finished with the entire book, I fetch the annotations and edit them. I never re-fetch from the Kindle and, thus, wouldn't be bothered if the annotations in Calibre were overwritten.If I really cared, I guess I'd just have two custom columns - one for the "raw" un-edited annotations and one for the edited version.
I certainly
could be "special" in that, though. ;-)
Or you could issue a warning (with an option to cancel the operation) if there are existing annotations before overwriting them. Like that, people could "evacuate" their annotations and merge them manually and you'd have all the time in the world to find a good solution.