Help on embedding data in books

cutter · 07-15-2015, 04:59 PM

Hi all,

I have started building my epub library and used calibre to add or replace cover pages, properly edit metadata with correct naming convention of authors, titles, genres etc.

I finally managed to get all the books properly tagged in calibre, and fired up iTunes to copy/paste my collection to iTunes. Unfortunately, after importing, I noticed that iTunes does not seem to read the metadata that calibre creates at the .opf file and simply gets all the original metadata from the epub file itself.

So my question is this. Is there a way that I can embed my changes to the epub file? Can somebody help me out please?

Thank you for your time.

itimpi · 07-15-2015, 05:18 PM

Use the Polish option.

Turtle91 · 07-15-2015, 11:36 PM

Or "Save to Disk"

BetterRed · 07-15-2015, 11:44 PM

Simplest is Embed Metadata - works on all formats - might have to add to toolbar/menu.

cutter · 07-16-2015, 07:04 AM

The Polish option seems to have solved the majority of the problems. Save to Disk or Embed Metadata also solved many issues but introduced new ones (mission cover pages etc).

After Polishing, some books were still incorrectly tagged (namely author sorting) but I took care of them manually in iTunes. Thank you all for your replies.

eschwartz · 07-20-2015, 05:02 PM

Embed Metadata and save-to-disk will only update covers, so if a book did not have a cover properly embedded then it won't update it.

Polish will force-insert a cover into a book that has no cover.

BetterRed · 07-20-2015, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Embed Metadata and save-to-disk will only update covers, so if a book did not have a cover properly embedded then it won't update it.

Never knew that - but I normally do the opposite, rip 'em off with Modify.

Turtle91 · 07-20-2015, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Embed Metadata and save-to-disk will only update covers, so if a book did not have a cover properly embedded then it won't update it.

Polish will force-insert a cover into a book that has no cover.

Is this also true with books that have their titlepage ID'd as a "cover"? I want to be able to ADD an image as a cover without losing the title page.

eschwartz · 07-20-2015, 09:34 PM

If they've set the textual title page as the semantic cover, the book is ill-formed.

I can't remember seeing such a case, but I would imagine calibre does indeed update/replace it.

07-15-2015, 04:59 PM	#1
cutter Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2015 Device: iPad Air	Help on embedding data in books Hi all, I have started building my epub library and used calibre to add or replace cover pages, properly edit metadata with correct naming convention of authors, titles, genres etc. I finally managed to get all the books properly tagged in calibre, and fired up iTunes to copy/paste my collection to iTunes. Unfortunately, after importing, I noticed that iTunes does not seem to read the metadata that calibre creates at the .opf file and simply gets all the original metadata from the epub file itself. So my question is this. Is there a way that I can embed my changes to the epub file? Can somebody help me out please? Thank you for your time.

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07-15-2015, 05:18 PM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Use the Polish option.

07-15-2015, 11:36 PM	#3
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,347 Karma: 20171571 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	Or "Save to Disk"

07-15-2015, 11:44 PM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,716 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Simplest is Embed Metadata - works on all formats - might have to add to toolbar/menu.

07-16-2015, 07:04 AM	#5
cutter Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2015 Device: iPad Air	The Polish option seems to have solved the majority of the problems. Save to Disk or Embed Metadata also solved many issues but introduced new ones (mission cover pages etc). After Polishing, some books were still incorrectly tagged (namely author sorting) but I took care of them manually in iTunes. Thank you all for your replies.

07-20-2015, 05:02 PM	#6
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Embed Metadata and save-to-disk will only update covers, so if a book did not have a cover properly embedded then it won't update it. Polish will force-insert a cover into a book that has no cover.

07-20-2015, 09:34 PM	#9
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	If they've set the textual title page as the semantic cover, the book is ill-formed. I can't remember seeing such a case, but I would imagine calibre does indeed update/replace it.

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