Ticket #8721 (closed enhancement: fixed)

Opened 2 years ago

Last modified 2 years ago

Please add support for Mobi EXTH metadata data in fields 113 and 501

Reported by: UnrulyGrrl99 Owned by: kovidgoyal
Priority: default Milestone:
Component: Default Version: trunk
Keywords: Cc:

Description

Any non-Amazon .mobi files can easily be updated to use the "Sync to Furthest Page Read" feature. It's only required that EXTH 113 be populated with ASIN data (and UUIDs have been tested and seem to work as possible values, if you wanted to have Calibre auto-generate them) and EXTH 501 be set to "EBOK". If a value is currently set for EXTH 113, Calibre should honor that. If no value is set, Calibre could auto-generate one when the file is a)added to the library or b)created during a conversion.

Eventually users might want access to EXTH 113 (ASIN) in the Calibre UI, so they can match it to the actual book. As a stopgap measure, using a randomly generated number, such as a UUID, should be fine. Mobi2Mobi can still be used if users want to modify that field for now.

More info is available here:  http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113315

Change History

comment:1 Changed 2 years ago by kovidgoyal

  • Status changed from new to closed
  • Resolution set to fixed

Fixed in branch lp:calibre. The fix will be in the next release.

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