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Berzelius · 03-17-2012, 03:27 PM

I have a number of books in Mobi format that I have placed on my Kindle 4. I wish to alter the titles of a few of these but am having a slight problem.

I go into Calibre and use Metadata to change the title. All seems to go well and a check in Win Explorer shows that the file name has been changed. I can transfer the book to my Kindle (I delete the old version first) which it does successfully but the title appearing in the Kindle is unchanged.

I have found that what I need to do is, in Calibre, "convert" the book from Mobi to Mobi. When I transfer the new Mobi file to my Kindle it now shows the altered title.

Is this usual or is it just something special to my setup?

03-17-2012, 03:27 PM	#1
Berzelius Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 20414 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Kindle 4, Kindle Paperwhite 2 & Sony PRS-T1	Changing a book title - a minor problem I have a number of books in Mobi format that I have placed on my Kindle 4. I wish to alter the titles of a few of these but am having a slight problem. I go into Calibre and use Metadata to change the title. All seems to go well and a check in Win Explorer shows that the file name has been changed. I can transfer the book to my Kindle (I delete the old version first) which it does successfully but the title appearing in the Kindle is unchanged. I have found that what I need to do is, in Calibre, "convert" the book from Mobi to Mobi. When I transfer the new Mobi file to my Kindle it now shows the altered title. Is this usual or is it just something special to my setup?