Two questions on saving without converting

THartmann9374 · 03-10-2026, 05:47 PM

Hello all, I'm new here, so this is my first post, lol.

1. Metadata: Will Calibre be able to save details I worked on, like to save the book directly without converting? Like I do authors, tags, genres, etc...? The bottom of this, I'm trying to avoid converting, but put details and be able to save a book for me to use it anywhere.

2. Cover: After putting a new cover, I tried to save a book directly. It shows a new cover separately, but the book that I saved is not updated with the cover. Does it require me to convert?

Thanks! THartmann9374

JSWolf · 03-10-2026, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by THartmann9374

Hello all, I'm new here, so this is my first post, lol.

1. Metadata: Will Calibre be able to save details I worked on, like to save the book directly without converting? Like I do authors, tags, genres, etc...? The bottom of this, I'm trying to avoid converting, but put details and be able to save a book for me to use it anywhere.

2. Cover: After putting a new cover, I tried to save a book directly. It shows a new cover separately, but the book that I saved is not updated with the cover. Does it require me to convert?

Thanks! THartmann9374

If the books you are updating the metadata for are ePub, I suggest installing the Modify ePub plug-in to update the metadata and/or the cover.

THartmann9374 · 03-10-2026, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

If the books you are updating the metadata for are ePub, I suggest installing the Modify ePub plug-in to update the metadata and/or the cover.

PDF and CBZ actually, thanks

JSWolf · 03-10-2026, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by THartmann9374

PDF and CBZ actually, thanks

Select what you want to update. Right click on one of the selected books and choose Polish. You can then select to update the metadata and cover.

THartmann9374 · 03-10-2026, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Select what you want to update. Right click on one of the selected books and choose Polish. You can then select to update the metadata and cover.

It only supports ePUB. I want to do PDF or CBZ.

03-10-2026, 05:47 PM	#1
THartmann9374 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2026 Device: none	Two questions on saving without converting Hello all, I'm new here, so this is my first post, lol. 1. Metadata: Will Calibre be able to save details I worked on, like to save the book directly without converting? Like I do authors, tags, genres, etc...? The bottom of this, I'm trying to avoid converting, but put details and be able to save a book for me to use it anywhere. 2. Cover: After putting a new cover, I tried to save a book directly. It shows a new cover separately, but the book that I saved is not updated with the cover. Does it require me to convert? Thanks! THartmann9374

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