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Old 09-08-2025, 07:38 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by cutter View Post
I'm adding tags/changing covers & metadata on my epubs and up til now, after modifying the metadata to the way I wanted, I then clicked on "Convert books" and deleted the original ePub file. I was under the impression that this was the only way to embed metadata to an existing epub.

Today, I just came across the "Embed metadata" button, in Preferences -> Toolbars & menus -> Main toolbar.

Are the two methods practically the same thing? If they are, I suppose the second option is much quicker than having to manually convert each book and then delete the original file, like I did all these years!

Can someone please confirm that these are the same though?
They're not the same. Convert will do lots more than Embed Metadata.

But if you're changing the cover as well as metadata, I don't think Embed Metadata will do what you want - I don't think it'll change the cover.

I use the "Polish books" to both update the metadata, and update the cover image in the book.
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