Metadata handling

erasmix · 08-22-2021, 09:53 AM

I had an editor create the ePub file for my book. She used Jutoh which I didn’t like after hours trying. I’d like to make small modifications (words here and there) on my own to save me additional fees. I’m quite accustomed with the Unix/Linux vi editor and I’d be just happy making the modifications with it, if such thing was possible.

Because I had quite a few metadata issues having the same ePub file pass both Amazon and Apple verifications I’m a bit weary. Can I be assured that changing words in the ebook content (not styles, images, nor any other elements) using Calibre will not break anything else?

kovidgoyal · 08-22-2021, 10:12 AM

vim is perfectly capable of editing epub. And there are no guarantees. The editor allows you to do whatever you want, including breaking the epub. As does vim, or pretty much any tool you use to edit files.

08-22-2021, 09:53 AM	#1
erasmix Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2021 Device: IMac	Metadata handling I had an editor create the ePub file for my book. She used Jutoh which I didn’t like after hours trying. I’d like to make small modifications (words here and there) on my own to save me additional fees. I’m quite accustomed with the Unix/Linux vi editor and I’d be just happy making the modifications with it, if such thing was possible. Because I had quite a few metadata issues having the same ePub file pass both Amazon and Apple verifications I’m a bit weary. Can I be assured that changing words in the ebook content (not styles, images, nor any other elements) using Calibre will not break anything else?

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08-22-2021, 10:12 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,996 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	vim is perfectly capable of editing epub. And there are no guarantees. The editor allows you to do whatever you want, including breaking the epub. As does vim, or pretty much any tool you use to edit files.

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