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vertical-align: middle"> <div class="status-content" style="width: 100%; float: left"> <span style="float: left" class="value statusINVALID">Invalid</span> </div> </td> <td style="width: 15em; vertical-align: middle"> <div class="importance-content" style="width: 100%; float: left"> <span style="float: left" class="value importanceUNDECIDED">Undecided</span> </div> </td> <td style="width:20%; margin: 0; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 0.5em"> <span id="assignee-picker-tasksummary3291546"> <span class="yui3-activator-data-box"> Unassigned </span> <div class="yui3-activator-message-box yui3-activator-hidden"></div> </span> </td> <td style="width: 20%; vertical-align: middle"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div id="maincontentsub"> <div class="top-portlet"> <div itemprop="mainContentOfPage" class="report"> <div> <div class="lazr-multiline-edit" id="edit-description"> <div class="clearfix"> <h3>Bug Description</h3> </div> <div class="yui3-editable_text-text"><p>There is a difference in updating mobi files title, and I do no know why.<br /> epub: title "my book", series "my series #7"</p> <p>--change title after conversion to mobi format--<br /> 1. convert epub to mobi using kindlegen.<br /> 2. using ebook-meta.exe, change mobi metadata title to "my series #7 - my book"<br /> 3. kindle ebook reader does not recognize new title, it is still displayed with the title "my book" in the library, when I transfer it to the device by usb cable.<br /> (epub-meta does display new title, though)</p> <p>--change title before conversion to mobi format--<br /> (create a copy of epub file in a new folder)<br /> 1. using ebook-meta.exe, change EPUB metadata title to "my series #7 - my book"<br /> 2. using kindlegen, convert changed epub to mobi.<br /> 3. kindle does recognize new title, it is ("my series #7 - my book") in the device library list</p> <p>Is there a difference in the final meta data (title) if the the tile was changed in epub and then converted to mobi, or converting it to mobi, and then changing the title? Should it not be the same file.</p> <p>Posted converted files in comments.</p> <p>Thanks.</p></div> </div> </div> <div style="margin:-10px 0 20px 5px" class="clearfix"> <span>See <a href="comments/0">original description</a></span> </div> <div id="bug-tags"> <span id="tags-heading"> </span> <span id="tag-list"> </span> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> LPJS.use('event', 'node', 'lp.bugs.tags_entry', function(Y) { Y.on('domready', function(e) { Y.lp.bugs.tags_entry.setup_tag_entry( available_official_tags); }, window); }); </script> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> <div id="branches-and-cves"> <div id="bug-branches-container" style="float: left"> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>  </div> <div> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/UserComments" class="boardComment editable-message " data-baseurl="/calibre/+bug/2089448/comments/1" data-i-can-edit="False"> <div class="boardCommentDetails"> <div class="message-revision-container"> <div class="message-revision-container-header"> <span>Revision history for this message</span> <img src="/+icing/build/overlay/assets/skins/sam/images/close.gif" class="message-revision-close" /> </div> <script type="text/template"> <div class='message-revision-item'> <div class='message-revision-title'> <a class="sprite remove action-icon message-revision-del-btn"> Remove </a> <a class="js-action"> Revision #{revision}, created at {date_created_display} </a> </div> <div class='message-revision-body'>{content}</div> </div> </script> <div class="message-revision-list"></div> </div> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a href="https://launchpad.net/~havaji" class="sprite person">Bojan Djuric (havaji)</a> wrote <time itemprop="commentTime" datetime="2024-11-23T15:39:32.528136+00:00" title="2024-11-23 15:39:32 UTC">on 2024-11-23</time><span class="editable-message-last-edit-date">: </span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td class="bug-comment-index"> <a itemprop="url" href="/calibre/+bug/2089448/comments/1"> #1</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="boardCommentBody"> <ul style="margin-bottom: 1em"> <li class="download-attachment"> <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/2089448/+attachment/5839677/+files/test%20book.epub" class="sprite download-icon">test book, with series and title tags.</a> <a class="sprite edit action-icon" href="/calibre/+bug/2089448/+attachment/5839677">Edit</a> (5.0 KiB, application/epub+zip) </li> </ul> <div class="editable-message-body"> <div class="comment-text editable-message-text" itemprop="commentText"></div> </div> <div class="editable-message-form" style="display: none"> <textarea style="width: 100%" rows="10"></textarea> <input type="button" value="Update" class="editable-message-update-btn" /> <input type="button" value="Cancel" class="editable-message-cancel-btn" /> </div> </div> <div class="boardCommentActivity"> <table class="bug-activity"> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"> <b>description</b>: </td> <td> updated </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"> <b>description</b>: </td> <td> updated </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"> <b>description</b>: </td> <td> updated </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/UserComments" class="boardComment editable-message " data-baseurl="/calibre/+bug/2089448/comments/2" data-i-can-edit="False"> <div class="boardCommentDetails"> <div class="message-revision-container"> <div class="message-revision-container-header"> <span>Revision history for this message</span> <img src="/+icing/build/overlay/assets/skins/sam/images/close.gif" class="message-revision-close" /> </div> <script type="text/template"> <div class='message-revision-item'> <div class='message-revision-title'> <a class="sprite remove action-icon message-revision-del-btn"> Remove </a> <a class="js-action"> Revision #{revision}, created at {date_created_display} </a> </div> <div class='message-revision-body'>{content}</div> </div> </script> <div class="message-revision-list"></div> </div> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a href="https://launchpad.net/~havaji" class="sprite person">Bojan Djuric (havaji)</a> wrote <time itemprop="commentTime" datetime="2024-11-23T15:47:31.932729+00:00" title="2024-11-23 15:47:31 UTC">on 2024-11-23</time><span class="editable-message-last-edit-date">: </span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td class="bug-comment-index"> <a itemprop="url" href="/calibre/+bug/2089448/comments/2"> #2</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="boardCommentBody"> <ul style="margin-bottom: 1em"> <li class="download-attachment"> <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/2089448/+attachment/5839678/+files/test%20book%20-%20changed%20title%20after%20conversion%20to%20mobi.mobi" class="sprite download-icon">test book - changed title after conversion to mobi.mobi</a> <a class="sprite edit action-icon" href="/calibre/+bug/2089448/+attachment/5839678">Edit</a> (29.2 KiB, application/octet-stream) </li> </ul> <div class="editable-message-body"> <div class="comment-text editable-message-text" itemprop="commentText"></div> </div> <div class="editable-message-form" style="display: none"> <textarea style="width: 100%" rows="10"></textarea> <input type="button" value="Update" class="editable-message-update-btn" /> <input type="button" value="Cancel" class="editable-message-cancel-btn" /> </div> </div> <div class="boardCommentActivity"> <table class="bug-activity"> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"> <b>description</b>: </td> <td> updated </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/UserComments" class="boardComment editable-message " data-baseurl="/calibre/+bug/2089448/comments/3" data-i-can-edit="False"> <div class="boardCommentDetails"> <div class="message-revision-container"> <div class="message-revision-container-header"> <span>Revision history for this message</span> <img src="/+icing/build/overlay/assets/skins/sam/images/close.gif" class="message-revision-close" /> </div> <script type="text/template"> <div class='message-revision-item'> <div class='message-revision-title'> <a class="sprite remove action-icon message-revision-del-btn"> Remove </a> <a class="js-action"> Revision #{revision}, created at {date_created_display} </a> </div> <div class='message-revision-body'>{content}</div> </div> </script> <div class="message-revision-list"></div> </div> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a href="https://launchpad.net/~havaji" class="sprite person">Bojan Djuric (havaji)</a> wrote <time itemprop="commentTime" datetime="2024-11-23T15:47:49.404264+00:00" title="2024-11-23 15:47:49 UTC">on 2024-11-23</time><span class="editable-message-last-edit-date">: </span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td class="bug-comment-index"> <a itemprop="url" href="/calibre/+bug/2089448/comments/3"> #3</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="boardCommentBody"> <ul style="margin-bottom: 1em"> <li class="download-attachment"> <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/2089448/+attachment/5839679/+files/test%20book%20-%20changed%20title%20before%20converting%20to%20mobi.mobi" class="sprite download-icon">test book - 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If you really want to use kindlegen for some reason, then you<br /> cant use calibre to update metadata on its output post conversion.</p></div> </div> <div class="editable-message-form" style="display: none"> <textarea style="width: 100%" rows="10">This is because kindlegen produces joint mobi files containing both KF7 and classic MOBI outputs and metadata update does not work for such files. 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