getting metadata from source file

duncombe · 12-11-2011, 06:10 AM

I have a series of documents as html files that I want to load into calibre and convert them to mobi and epub. The documents are kind of raw ocr still, requiring editing to fix typos and layout etc. I can catch most of the mistakes before loading the file for the first time, but a lot of them only get noticed after the conversion is done. Then I have to go back to the source, edit, and reload. Is there a way of replacing the file in calibre without having to re-enter the metadata in calibre. It would be nice to have the metadata in the file itself but I cannot figure out how to enter the information in the html file so that calibre recognizes it. I am new to calibre and my html is rusty, so help would be appreciated!

kiwidude · 12-11-2011, 06:20 AM

Just hit E to bring up the single edit dialog for a book, then drag/drop your html onto the Formats area. Doing it this way will replace an existing format (in your case the html file will get turned into a zip file, so it will replace the existing zip entry).

Then just click OK, and do your conversion. None of the metadata for that book will have been touched.

duncombe · 12-11-2011, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwidude

Just hit E to bring up the single edit dialog for a book, then drag/drop your html onto the Formats area. Doing it this way will replace an existing format (in your case the html file will get turned into a zip file, so it will replace the existing zip entry).

Then just click OK, and do your conversion. None of the metadata for that book will have been touched.

Okay! It works! Thanks!

duncombe · 12-12-2011, 01:22 PM

And if it is permitted I can add to that and answer my own question: the meta data can be placed in the <head></head> section of the HTML file and calibre will read them in. There may be other standard fields, but the ones that really interest me, and work the way I expect them to are

<meta name="Title" content="The Title of the Book" />
<meta name="Author" content="Book Author" />
<meta name="Tags" content="Desired,Tags" />
<meta name="Date of publication" content="YYYY" />

Then to replace the volume in the calibre library I can delete the out-of-date version and get and convert the new version with updated metadata.

12-11-2011, 06:10 AM	#1
duncombe Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: kindle	getting metadata from source file I have a series of documents as html files that I want to load into calibre and convert them to mobi and epub. The documents are kind of raw ocr still, requiring editing to fix typos and layout etc. I can catch most of the mistakes before loading the file for the first time, but a lot of them only get noticed after the conversion is done. Then I have to go back to the source, edit, and reload. Is there a way of replacing the file in calibre without having to re-enter the metadata in calibre. It would be nice to have the metadata in the file itself but I cannot figure out how to enter the information in the html file so that calibre recognizes it. I am new to calibre and my html is rusty, so help would be appreciated!

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12-11-2011, 06:20 AM	#2
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,636 Karma: 2162064 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	Just hit E to bring up the single edit dialog for a book, then drag/drop your html onto the Formats area. Doing it this way will replace an existing format (in your case the html file will get turned into a zip file, so it will replace the existing zip entry). Then just click OK, and do your conversion. None of the metadata for that book will have been touched.

12-12-2011, 01:22 PM	#4
duncombe Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: kindle	And if it is permitted I can add to that and answer my own question: the meta data can be placed in the <head></head> section of the HTML file and calibre will read them in. There may be other standard fields, but the ones that really interest me, and work the way I expect them to are <meta name="Title" content="The Title of the Book" /> <meta name="Author" content="Book Author" /> <meta name="Tags" content="Desired,Tags" /> <meta name="Date of publication" content="YYYY" /> Then to replace the volume in the calibre library I can delete the out-of-date version and get and convert the new version with updated metadata.

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