03-16-2021, 05:30 PM | #1 |
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Metadata woes
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I've scoured the forum and Reddit, but could really benefit from some support. Here is what I have done: 1. Updated metadata in Calibre (Title, Author, Tags, Cover) 2. Used Polish tool, selected "Update the cover" and "Update metadata" in book files functions 3. Removed ORIGINAL_EPUB versions of books keeping updated EPUB only in Calibre 4. Removed books from Kobo Libra H2O, unplugged device 5. Reconnected device and added books back from Calibre The covers have not been updated and nothing is changed. For now, I have left the books off of my device. Could anyone please help me? I would appreciate it very much. |
03-16-2021, 10:01 PM | #2 |
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What is the actual problem you are trying to fix? Obviously something to do with metadata, but, I don't know what was wrong in the first place. I assumed it was updating the metadata on the device, but, at the end you say "I have left the books off of my device". That means there are no books on the device for metadata to be updated.
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03-17-2021, 07:27 AM | #3 |
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Have you tried this more than once? The only thing I can think of that would possibly lead this outcome is if you had accidentally selected "Restore EPUB from Original" instead of Deleting it. Note that to delete the Original, you have to use the Green Recycle Arrows icon. There is no optoin to delete it from the right-click menu.
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03-17-2021, 08:06 AM | #4 | |
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Yes, I would like to update the metadata on the device. Those are the steps I've taken, but the cover images and author names and titles are still the same as they were before updating the metadata on calibre |
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03-17-2021, 08:07 AM | #5 | |
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I've tried it once with my whole library and a couple more times with individual books to see if it would work if I tinkered around |
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03-17-2021, 10:14 AM | #6 |
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After adding books to reader, disconnect it, and connect it again, and in calibre, go to device and update metadata on device, that worked for me.
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03-17-2021, 10:16 AM | #7 |
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03-17-2021, 10:26 AM | #8 |
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I use Kobotouchextended plugin, and in it i select option to upload covers when sending books to device, disable option to convert books to kepub, and books on device have have updated metadata, only thing missing is series information, but after connecting it to calibre again series information is also updated.
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03-17-2021, 03:06 PM | #10 |
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I still can't fathom why this would be going so wrong,, I'll have to test it out here some more, but if my first guess of user error is completely wrong, then...
Removing the book from Calibre then unplugging the Kobo does not clear out the remnants in the database, re-loading the book with the default settings re-uses the original database entry. The Kobo device plugin should have a check option in the "Collections, covers, UPloads" tab to *not* treat replacements as a new book,, you can try unchecking that to see if the bahviour persists. |
03-18-2021, 12:55 AM | #11 |
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Following the post you replied to should have done most of it. This works for either the built-in KoboTouch driver or the KoboTouchExtended driver (the latter is using the same code). And it needs the books to have been imported into the database on the device before the updates can be done. So, send the book, eject the device, wait for the import to finish and connect again. This actually updates more metadata than the device reads.
This doesn't update the covers, just the metadata. For the covers, you have two choices. But, firstly, the device generates the cover images from the books and stores them. If these get removed, then the device will regenerate them the next time they are needed. So, to get the new cover on the device, you can resend the book. Calibre will put the new cover in the book when it is sent, and the driver will remove the existing and let the device regenerate them. The driver can also generate the covers during the send. This can give higher quality covers, but, will take a little longer. Or you can use my Kobo Utilities plugin. This has a function to send just the new covers to the device for selected books. This uses the driver to generate and send the covers without needing to replace the book. |
03-18-2021, 09:36 AM | #12 |
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*edit: comment removed *.. I'm probably overthinking it.. if calibre uploading cover fixes it,, yay
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