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Originally Posted by penguin121
So I tried those methods... Perhaps I didnt do a good job of it, but I couldn't figure out a way to make it work :\
The metadata is definitely in the .opf. I wasn't sure how the Metadata Edit works? I tried a few templates, tried using Polish "update metadata," in both orders, and couldn't make any metadata appear. I may have done this wrong...
Unfortunately integrating the editor with calibre to update metadata didn't do the trick either  |
I can't tell where you are seeing that the metadata is wrong or in which direction you are trying to update it. So...
The metadata editor in calibre does not update the actual book. It updates the database and then calibre will update the OPF file that is in the directory the book is in (which is used as a backup). To actually update the book, you need to do something. The methods I can think of to update the actual book are Embed metadata, a conversion, Polish books, the Modify ePub plugin, send-to-device or save-to-disk and opening with the editor. And if the ePub Metadata writer plugin is disable, most of the above won't do anything.
If you are updating the metadata directly in the book by Sigil, the calibre editor or some other metadata editor, then calibre will only read this when the book is first added to the library. If you edit the book afterwards, you will need to fetch the metadata again from the book. This can be done from the edit metadata screen. Select the book in the list of formats in the top right corner, and press "Set metadata" button.
Rereading the first post, I think your problem is the latter. Or possibly both. If you are editing the book with Sigil and updating the metadata, these changes will not show in the calibre library until you do the second of the above. And if you update the metadata in calibre, and edit the book in Sigil, you will not see the changed metadata unless you do one of the first options. Maybe calibre needs an "Embed metadata before opening with external program" option somewhere.