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Old 05-20-2019, 07:57 AM   #1
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What changes does Calibre make when adding books
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I'm new to Calibre (but starting to get the hang of it) and I noticed that when I add books to Calibre, it makes changes to the original file. In this case I downloaded a book from Amazon, added it to Calibre (but did not convert), and when doing a file compare between that and the version stored in the Calibre directory, the two are different.
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Do you have a DRM removal plugin installed? If so, that makes changes. Otherwise, calibre shouldn't be making changes unless you do a conversion or update the embedded metadata.
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calibre makes no changes when adding books unless you install third party plugins such as the drm removal plugin
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