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ownedbycats · 10-03-2021, 05:12 PM

I just bought a book on Kobo where the description is pretty much "the publisher didn't give us a description."

So I went and got the actual description elsewhere and put it into Calibre so it would update the Kobo metadata.

However, when I go to check the description on the book, I see my loaded description for a fraction of a second before it switches back to the store-provided one.

I also tried using Kobo Utilities to update it (with the option for Kobo books also checked) but that had the same results.

Updating other metadata works fine.

Is there an additional step I need to take to get this working?

10-03-2021, 05:12 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,988 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	How do I replace the description on a non-sideloaded book? I just bought a book on Kobo where the description is pretty much "the publisher didn't give us a description." So I went and got the actual description elsewhere and put it into Calibre so it would update the Kobo metadata. However, when I go to check the description on the book, I see my loaded description for a fraction of a second before it switches back to the store-provided one. I also tried using Kobo Utilities to update it (with the option for Kobo books also checked) but that had the same results. Updating other metadata works fine. Is there an additional step I need to take to get this working? Last edited by ownedbycats; 10-03-2021 at 05:23 PM.