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Originally Posted by kartyaim
Possibly a basic question, but I'm using Calibre and I want to keep the EPUB files I import unchanged. I've noticed that as long as I'm just modifying the metadata and the cover, the EPUB file remains unchanged. However, when I open it in the eBook editor without saving or making any changes, just by opening some XML of the eBook and then closing the edit window, the EPUB file in the library appears to be altered with the cover inside overwritten by the external cover. Is there a way to prevent this? Also, even though the "save_original_file" options are set to "true," no .original_epub file is created either during import or after editing the cover or metadata.
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What I do is I have a library for all of my eBooks. I then copy the ones I want to do anything with to another library. That way I have one library that's got my eBooks untouched.
As for getting calibre not to make changes when you don't want it to...
Here is how to set Calibre to not update the metadata when Saving to disk, using the viewer, and using the editor
Saving books to disk
Preferences > Saving books to disk
Uncheck Update metadata in saved copies
Viewer
Preferences > Miscellaneous
Uncheck Keep a copy of annotations/bookmarks in the e-book file , for easy sharing
Editor (this only works for ePub)
Load an ePub in the editor
Edit > Preferences > Integration with calibre
Uncheck metadata in the book when opening
Exit the editor without saving the eBook.