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Old 11-23-2010, 10:16 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
Simply stated: Ordering a ISBN gets you the same Book, not just the same title-Author.
Yes.

The OP is complaining about data that Calibre has no control over. Calibre merely fetches the data supplied by the various metadata sources using an ISBN number to identify the book. The user can specify the ISBN number directly, in which case Calibre uses that number, or he can specify other info (author/title, etc) in which case Calibre presents the user with a list of books (having associated ISBN numbers) and asks the user to tell Calibre which book (and matching ISBN number) to use.

If the wrong data is retrieved, it's either because the metadata supplied for that ISBN is wrong (the fault of publisher or the metadata aggregator) or it's the fault of the user for selecting or providing the wrong ISBN number.
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