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Originally Posted by davidfor
I'm pretty sure that it hasn't changed. At least not in the nearly ten years I have been using calibre. What you might be seeing is the result of using "Save to disk". [...]
How are you creating the MOBI file? If it is in during a send-to-device, the default template uses both the author sort and the authors. The former usually has all authors. The latter will definitely have all.
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I'm not talking about "Save to disk".
I'm not talking about "Send to device".
I'm talking about "
Add a book" and "
Covert book". When I use these functions, Calibre auto-generates a folder within my
Calibre library on my hard drive.
Previously, these Calibre-generated folders within my library contained both authors' names. I'm not mistaken about this. There are at least 50 auto-generated folders in my Calibre library with two names.
Similarly, when I press "Convert book" the file generated by Calibre would have both authors' names. I'm not mistaken about this either -- I probably have 100 .mobi files with both names.
Now, this is no longer the case. Any time I "Add book" or "Convert book" now, the Calibre-generated folders and files in my Calibre Library only contains the first author's name.
But as I've stated above, I ultimately don't care about the folder or files names. All I care about is the metadata in the file itself (because that controls how it's displayed on my Kindle). I raise these two other issues simply because I thought that might be related. Which brings me to the next point...
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Originally Posted by davidfor
I can't help with the issues with getting the metadata on the Kindle correct. Other than to say that if the metadata is wrong in library, it will be wrong when it is sent to the device. If you have only one author in the library, the second can't magically appear.
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YES, YES, YES! This is what I've been explaining. The metadata in the actual file my library is wrong. Again, I only raised the issue of the naming conventions for the Calibre-generated folders and .mobi files on the off chance they're related. I don't really care about those inconsistencies. I care about the metadata in the file itself.
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Originally Posted by davidfor
And that you should check if you are using a metadata plugboard. These are used to fiddle with the metadata during a send-to-device.
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I literally never use the "Send to device" function, and I don't have a plugboard. The way I load the file on my device is to email the original.mobi file created by Calibre to my Kindle. Calibre and my Kindle have no links.
(Again, before you suggest that Amazon/my Kindle are stripping the second author from the metadata when I email it, I've tested and disproved this theory.
I physically remove the .mobi file from my Calibre library. Then I re-import it. Note that it has not been "saved to disc" or "sent to device" or anything else. It's still the original, unmolested file created by Calibre. So whatever metadata is there or not there is 100% due to Calibre.
And when I re-import it, the metadata is indeed missing... which means it must not have been properly recorded to being with. )