Problem with sending some books to Kindle, ignoring metadata

[pvoveris]

Hi All,

I am having an issue with some books I send to my Kindle. For whatever reason some books are created on the device completely ignoring the naming that I have configured and using the default title. I have the metadata set up exactly as I want, but some books seem to just ignore it.

Here is the plugboard I am using:

{series}{series_index:0>2s| #| - }{title}

For the book Clive Cussler's Hellburner, I have changed the metadata in Calibre to, title - Hellburner, series - The Oregon Files and index - 16, yet when it sends it across to my Kindle it just names it "Clive Cussler's Hellburner" ignoring all the other data.

For other books it works fine, but for a few, it completely ignore what I specify.

The vast majority that do work appear as expected.
"The Oregon Files #17 - Fire Strike"

Any ideas?

Thanks in Advance
Peter

[kovidgoyal]

You are probably sending dual mobi/kf8 files calibre cannot update metadata in these. Convert them to azw3 and send those instead.

[pvoveris]

Thank you kovidgoyal very much. Converting them and sending as azw3 worked well. Never heard of these dual mobi files.