Thread: How to update book file with edited metadata?
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Old 05-21-2025, 05:36 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by whiteowl View Post
I imported a book, which has an incorrect title inside the book's metadata.

For example, lets say the book title is set to "LoTR" instead of "The Lord of the Rings". After importing book into my local library, it is shown in the list of books as "LoTR".

I immediately edit book title in the list to proper name.

But the shortened name remain inside the fb2 file on disk. And if I now try to convert-export the book to an external e-book device - it would receive the shortened name, not the corrected one.

How to synchronize the title inside the book file with the one I just typed in Calibre's GUI?
There is nothing you can do. You cannot edit the metadata of an FB2 eBook.

Do you use ePub or KF8? You can update those formats.
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