Metadata stopped loading. Why?

loudab · 06-10-2023, 10:31 AM

About a month ago, all the metadata for my books stopped loading. I use an older version of Calibre and don't want to update because I'm concerned my DRM wouldn't work any more. (I run a large site for book reviews and I need to be able to take my copies and enable my reviewers to read them.)

Any ideas?

ownedbycats · 06-10-2023, 04:46 PM

I'm going to assume that what you're doing is all legal. But if it's not, know that MR tends to frown on piracy and the like and make future posts with that in mind.

The NoDRM fork of DeDRM works on Calibre 6.x.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'stopped loading,' but if you mean on import, check Preferences > Adding Books > Reading metadata. Specifically the 'read metadata from file contents...' checkbox.

JSWolf · 06-10-2023, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I'm going to assume that what you're doing is all legal. But if it's not, know that MR tends to frown on piracy and the like and make future posts with that in mind.

It's not legal unless whoever has the rights to these eBooks says it's OK to share with the other reviewers. I'm thinking it's not legal. Otherwise there would be no DRM.

DNSB · 06-11-2023, 01:20 AM

I tend to agree with Jon. I don't remember seeing DRM on reviewer or ARC ebooks. I have never seen an author/publisher agree to have a review/ARC/beta reader copy re-distributed outside of their control.

OTOH, since the last post prior to this thread by loudab was in 2014, perhaps the account has been hijacked?

06-10-2023, 10:31 AM	#1
loudab Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Kindle 3 and Paperwhite	Metadata stopped loading. Why? About a month ago, all the metadata for my books stopped loading. I use an older version of Calibre and don't want to update because I'm concerned my DRM wouldn't work any more. (I run a large site for book reviews and I need to be able to take my copies and enable my reviewers to read them.) Any ideas?

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06-10-2023, 04:46 PM	#2
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 8,640 Karma: 61234567 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	I'm going to assume that what you're doing is all legal. But if it's not, know that MR tends to frown on piracy and the like and make future posts with that in mind. The NoDRM fork of DeDRM works on Calibre 6.x. I'm not sure what you mean by 'stopped loading,' but if you mean on import, check Preferences > Adding Books > Reading metadata. Specifically the 'read metadata from file contents...' checkbox.

06-11-2023, 01:20 AM	#4
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 35,474 Karma: 145525534 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Forma, Clara HD, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I tend to agree with Jon. I don't remember seeing DRM on reviewer or ARC ebooks. I have never seen an author/publisher agree to have a review/ARC/beta reader copy re-distributed outside of their control. OTOH, since the last post prior to this thread by loudab was in 2014, perhaps the account has been hijacked?

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