mobi file metadata problem

stargate · 02-02-2011, 03:32 PM

Hello all, I am having a problem and I'm hoping some expert here can give me some help.
I have converted many of my ebooks from pdf, rtf, txt format to mobi format using the mobi reader. The title and author metadata were almost always not correct and I opened the properties from inside the mobi reader for every file and corrected them. They all look good now on the mobi reader. However when I added the files to Calibre, in order to take advantage of its better cataloging features, the metadata shown have the original incorrect data. Can anyone suggest an easy way to embed the correct data in the files without resorting to editing each one in Calibre? I have used the MBP_reader program to examine the corresponding .mbp files and the correct data for title and author are shown in there. But how can I embed these in the mobi files?
Thanks

pdurrant · 02-02-2011, 03:48 PM

I don't know of any program that will take metadata from a .mbp file and put it into the Mobipocket file.

If you'd used Mobipocket Creator, you could have adjusted the data while creating the .mobi file. But adjusting it in Mobipocket Readr ONLY changes it in the .mbp file, as you've found out.

wallcraft · 02-02-2011, 04:22 PM

If you still have the originals (pdf,rtf,txt), try importing them into Calibre. Calibre might do a better job of auto-detecting the author and title than MobiPocket Reader. Also, if you used a systematic file naming scheme Calibre can use this to set the title and author. See Preferences -> Adding books.

Finally, I find it useful to "fetch metadata from server". It can be time consuming, but typically all you need is one identifying feature. The advantage is that you get more complete info that way.

stargate · 02-02-2011, 04:32 PM

I was afraid of that.Re-creating all the books would be too much work. But the suggestion about fetching metadata from the internet sounds not bad at all. I will try it and hopefully I will have much less books to edit manually.
Thanks

stargate · 02-02-2011, 05:23 PM

I was afraid of that.Re-creating all the books would be too much work. But the suggestion about fetching metadata from the internet sounds not bad at all. I will try it and hopefully I will have much less books to edit manually.
Thanks

02-02-2011, 03:32 PM	#1
stargate Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: none	mobi file metadata problem Hello all, I am having a problem and I'm hoping some expert here can give me some help. I have converted many of my ebooks from pdf, rtf, txt format to mobi format using the mobi reader. The title and author metadata were almost always not correct and I opened the properties from inside the mobi reader for every file and corrected them. They all look good now on the mobi reader. However when I added the files to Calibre, in order to take advantage of its better cataloging features, the metadata shown have the original incorrect data. Can anyone suggest an easy way to embed the correct data in the files without resorting to editing each one in Calibre? I have used the MBP_reader program to examine the corresponding .mbp files and the correct data for title and author are shown in there. But how can I embed these in the mobi files? Thanks

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02-02-2011, 03:48 PM	#2
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,608 Karma: 315126578 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I don't know of any program that will take metadata from a .mbp file and put it into the Mobipocket file. If you'd used Mobipocket Creator, you could have adjusted the data while creating the .mobi file. But adjusting it in Mobipocket Readr ONLY changes it in the .mbp file, as you've found out.

02-02-2011, 04:22 PM	#3
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	If you still have the originals (pdf,rtf,txt), try importing them into Calibre. Calibre might do a better job of auto-detecting the author and title than MobiPocket Reader. Also, if you used a systematic file naming scheme Calibre can use this to set the title and author. See Preferences -> Adding books. Finally, I find it useful to "fetch metadata from server". It can be time consuming, but typically all you need is one identifying feature. The advantage is that you get more complete info that way.

02-02-2011, 04:32 PM	#4
stargate Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: none	I was afraid of that.Re-creating all the books would be too much work. But the suggestion about fetching metadata from the internet sounds not bad at all. I will try it and hopefully I will have much less books to edit manually. Thanks

02-02-2011, 05:23 PM	#5
stargate Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: none	I was afraid of that.Re-creating all the books would be too much work. But the suggestion about fetching metadata from the internet sounds not bad at all. I will try it and hopefully I will have much less books to edit manually. Thanks

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