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theducks · 02-07-2026, 12:25 PM

FILES?
Published is a column in Calibre. The File (creation and modified) dates change with data updates.
Did you ADD/delete a custom column? That affect metadata.opf in all book folders (it updates in background) so you have a Library Recovery ability if the main db gets hosed.

02-07-2026, 12:25 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,507 Karma: 62503986 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	FILES? Published is a column in Calibre. The File (creation and modified) dates change with data updates. Did you ADD/delete a custom column? That affect metadata.opf in all book folders (it updates in background) so you have a Library Recovery ability if the main db gets hosed.