Can't edit epub info in iBooks on OS X 10.9 Mavericks

Thanks for the tips.

Unfortunately, I'm still running into two problems:

1. As a longtime calibre user, I've always edited my ebooks there and then transferred over to iTunes/iBooks before syncing to my iPad... when I update the cover photo in calibre, though, iBooks (and therefore my iPad) still maintains the old image!

2. When I use your tip of replacing the cover image in Library/Containers/etc., the old image remains in iBooks (and therefore my iPad)!

GRRRR.... Apple....

That's strange. I edit my books in Calibre as well and the updated covers usually appear in iTunes and on my iPad. That said, I did notice one that did not have an updated cover so I tried downloading the metadata and cover in Calibre again. I applied it and replaced the epub in iTunes and on my iPad. No new cover art. And even when I added the new cover art to the book in iTunes, it didn't show up in iBooks on my iPad.

Is it possible that some books don't allow changes? I know I've added covers to lots of books through Calibre.

I just now stumbled upon the solution in another thread:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5509530

(see the post by "stevekrischer")

Basically, what you have to do after updating the cover photo in Calibre is "re-convert" the epub file to epub and then add that new epub file to your iBooks library. I just tested the approach on a few books, and it worked perfectly!

So what I must be doing is importing the books in whatever the original format was, adding the metadata and cover, then converting and saving. I just tried on the book I tested earlier and it did indeed work. Most books I have didn't originate as epub which may be why I never noticed the difference. Thanks for pointing out that thread.

I still wish Apple hadn't messed up the Books library.

A hack to solve this:

Open the book in Preview

Under File > Print, select Save as pdf from the PDF dropdown list.

Edit info and save it.

Now you'll find a new pdf copy with edited info in the same folder as your original pdf.

You can now delete the old copy and open the new one in iBooks.

I agree this is pathetic, and the worst thing about it is that after a year is still not fixed. Apple is the new Microsoft..

This worked great on Mavericks. I have since updated to Yosemite. iBooks is back. And I can't change it like I did before. The book store agent is not there to be deleted. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Caleb

Happilly it's now possible to edit books informations in iBooks 1.1.

To do that you have to activate the List View mode and click the field you want to edit.

Good evening,

I know that now in iBooks for Yosemite, you can now edit the data/metadata.

I want to be able to have those changes also reflect in the original file (like iTunes does with music files), so that if i move my iBooks library, it moves the updated file.

Any ideas team?

Tash