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Old 08-31-2017, 07:55 AM   #1
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Incorrect author and title when adding pdf book
I add a pdf file with title "Spain - 100% Gipuzkoa (2007)". In the PDF the author is defined as "Travel". In the Calibre Library folder I find a subfolder "User8" in which there is subfolder "100% ingles 2007.qxd (244)" in which there is file "100% ingles 2007.qxd - User8.pdf". THat is the same file as my "Spain - 100% Gipuzkoa (2007)".

Where does Calibre take the information for author and title?
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Old 08-31-2017, 08:05 AM   #2
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PDF can have metadata in two different places. The Info dictionary and XMP metadata. XMP metadata is preferred.
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PDF can have metadata in two different places. The Info dictionary and XMP metadata. XMP metadata is preferred.
When I look at the propoerties in Acrobat reader I see my title and author.
When I use a hexadecimal editor on the same file I find <dc:title><rdf:Alt><rdf:li xml:lang='x-default'>100% ingles 2007.qxd</rdf:li></rdf:Alt></dc:title><dc:creator><rdf:Seq><rdf:li>User8 </rdf:li></rdf:Seq></dc:creator></rdf ....

Apparently the internal info in the PDF is wrong. How can I change it? With a normal PDF editor I already changed the title and author but it did not change the above info in the file.

Or is there a way to tell Calibre to not use the internal info?
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Thanks a lot. I will try that.
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