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Old 12-08-2019, 01:42 PM   #715
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Originally Posted by phossler View Post
It seems like there's a lot more happening than just the copy and it seems like that if it's embedding the metadata, it takes a lot longer than for the same for an ePub.

Is that just a 'side effect' of the plugin or something else?
Updating metadata in KFX files is fairly slow. Add the --dont-update-metadata option to speed things up. From the manual:

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Normally, calibre will update the metadata in the saved files from what is in the calibre library. Makes saving to disk slower. Specifying this switch will turn this behavior off.
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