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Odessa · 01-20-2024, 06:10 PM

...Or point me to a good tutorial, please ? I searched in Calibre help and in the forum here, and found nothing.

What is "embedding metadata" in Calibre ? Why should one want to do it ? Why should one not do it ?

I was ignorant of the concept, until I came across the plugin Polish Books and the tool Embed Metadata. Confusion ensued : isn't the whole point of Calibre to embed metadata ? Doesn't metadata get embedded as soon as you change it in the main window ?

Testing it on a few books, I changed things like the title in the main window, then applied the Edit Book command. Opening the content.opf file, I could see the changes in the title right there. So, isn't that... "embedded" ?

01-20-2024, 06:10 PM	#1
Odessa Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: France Device: Kobo Libra H2O	Can someone explain me the concept of embedding metadata ? ...Or point me to a good tutorial, please ? I searched in Calibre help and in the forum here, and found nothing. What is "embedding metadata" in Calibre ? Why should one want to do it ? Why should one not do it ? I was ignorant of the concept, until I came across the plugin Polish Books and the tool Embed Metadata. Confusion ensued : isn't the whole point of Calibre to embed metadata ? Doesn't metadata get embedded as soon as you change it in the main window ? Testing it on a few books, I changed things like the title in the main window, then applied the Edit Book command. Opening the content.opf file, I could see the changes in the title right there. So, isn't that... "embedded" ?