MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Non-destructive send to device?

caphector · 07-22-2009, 03:34 AM

I've noticed, when I've been changing formats and formatting on books that re-copying a book to my device (PRS-505) that any metadata for the book gets removed (Pages read, bookmarks, etc). I like having this meta-data; it helps me keep track of what I've read, what I haven't read, etc. I also like tweaking my books while I learn Calibre…adding ToCs, adding links, fixing errors, and would like to do that while preserving the metadata the PRS-505 writes.

What I'm seeing happening doesn't seem ideal–Calibre overwriting the device metadata. I'd prefer to be able to select all and send to device, rather than having to remember which books I added, which I edited, and which I want to preserve metadata for.

Am I missing a feature that does a send to device without touching the device metadata? If I'm not, is there any way Calibre could not destroy the data when sending to device?
P.S. I'm not sure if the Sony Library software leaves metadata intact; I can't test it since I don't have Windows. If the Sony software can preserve metadata, than I'd love for Calibre to do so as well.

07-22-2009, 03:34 AM	#1
caphector Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: iPhone (Current), Sony PRS-505	Non-destructive send to device? I've noticed, when I've been changing formats and formatting on books that re-copying a book to my device (PRS-505) that any metadata for the book gets removed (Pages read, bookmarks, etc). I like having this meta-data; it helps me keep track of what I've read, what I haven't read, etc. I also like tweaking my books while I learn Calibre…adding ToCs, adding links, fixing errors, and would like to do that while preserving the metadata the PRS-505 writes. What I'm seeing happening doesn't seem ideal–Calibre overwriting the device metadata. I'd prefer to be able to select all and send to device, rather than having to remember which books I added, which I edited, and which I want to preserve metadata for. Am I missing a feature that does a send to device without touching the device metadata? If I'm not, is there any way Calibre could not destroy the data when sending to device? P.S. I'm not sure if the Sony Library software leaves metadata intact; I can't test it since I don't have Windows. If the Sony software can preserve metadata, than I'd love for Calibre to do so as well.