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Originally Posted by lilman
From a programmer's perspective, the problem with trying to create an app that maintains Calibre metadata but can transfer files through iTunes is that I'm guessing a lot of Calibre metadata is not stored in the actual book file but rather in some form of database. Calibre must conform to file format standards and so cannot just add its own metadata into book files. In other words, you can't simply have an app that accepts files through iTunes and maintains Calibre metadata.
A Calibre-specific reader app would have to talk to Calibre directly. The Calibre server could potentially be used for syncing books with metadata. Anyone who writes such an app would need:
1) Permission from the makers of Calibre
2) Want to make it for free (charging money may be a problem... would need permission from Calibre and potentially all the software devs that Calibre uses (like ImageMagick))
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Calibre is GPL-2. They don't need permission from the author. It would be illegal to sell it without providing the source.
The best way to provide what the OP is requesting would probably be to extend the pre-existing webserver to serve more data. Although, I am personally happy with that which is displayed in Stanza.