BOL_NL - Version 5.1.3 - March 19th, 2023 by Pr. BarnArt.
This plugin is for using BOL.com as a metadata source.
It is only for books in the Dutch language, that's why it is called BOL_NL.
It was based on the 'Barnes' work by 'Grant Drake'.
Main Features of BOL_NL v 5.1.3 - retrieve isbn.
- retrieve (multiple) author(-s) (no contributors/translators), title.
- retrieve comments, cover, rating, publisher and publishing date.
- retrieve language
- option to search for ebook-editions only ( if not ISBN-based)
- option: to retrieve rejected titles in case no exact match is found - default= yes
- option: to retrieve reviews(NBD/Biblion) besides description - default = yes
(request Triniton ;-)
- option: to retrieve covers from Literatuurplein.nl if availalble - default = no (request Wipneus )
- option: to retrieve only covers from Literatuurplein.nl, not from bol.com (request Wipneus)
- option: to retrieve tags for Age, Categorie (request Sanghoku)
Special Notes:- BOL_NL first looks for a match on the isbn-number, if that is know.
- Otherwise it takes the author's name and the exact booktitle.
- If there is no match, the user is shown the rejected titles, so he/she can choose if there is an alternative (not under osX, see know issues).
- requires calibre 0.8.5 or higher.
Update info 5.1.3- changes related to website changes with title
known issues: - sometimes no cover with "inkijkexemplaar", just text.
- when search is based on isbn there is no rating-info
- Under osX it is not possible to use a dialog window in a plugin for rejected titles. So for osX users the advise is to disable this option in the configuration of the plugin. It seems the same for (some) Linux-users.
- Temporary disabled dialog rejected titles , due to qt6 conversion
Installation Notes:- Download the attached zip file and install the plugin as described in the Introduction to plugins thread.
- You can configure the plugin within Calibre.
- Here you can select the options for description and reviews (NBD/Biblion),
for covers from Literatuurplein and for tags.
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Version History:
Spoiler:
v. 5.1.3 19-3-2023
-changes related to website changes with serie info in title
v. 5.1.2 27-11-2022
-changes related to website changes with serie info in title
v. 5.1.1 21-9-2022
-fix for website changes related to publisher and publish date
v. 5.1.0 19-9-2022
- changes related to website changes
- temporary disabled dialog rejected titles , due to qt6 conversion
v. 5.0.0 11-7-2022
- changes related to Calibre 6 using qt6
v. 4.5.5 16-7-2021
fix for website-changes according covers[*] fix for website-changes according category/tags
v. 4.5.4 23-6-2021
- fix for websitechanges
v. 4.5.3 11-4-2021
- fix for websitechanges according to covers
v. 4.5.2 4-2021
- change for some more website_change covers
v. 4.5.1 27-3-2021
- change for website_change covers
v. 4.5.0. 19-7-2020
- change for website_change according to publisher
v. 4.4.0. 7-5-2020
- change for search based on author and title
v. 4.3.0. 10-2-2020
- get Reviews ("Recensies") (if checked in the config file) in case no description is available
v. 4.2.0. 2-2-2020
-fix bug related ISBN-based search
v. 4.1.0. 30-1-2020
-fix bug related to rejected titles
v. 4.0.0. 7-1-2020
- prepared for both python 2.7 and python 3.x
- fix for languages
- add dutch translation for config-window
v. 3.8.28 24-12-2019
- change due to bol.com joking with isbn search
v. 3.8.27 23-12-2019
-change due to clickable images at the website.
v. 3.8.26 22-12-2019
- change due to website changes of bol.com
v. 3.8.24/25 30-5-2019
- change due to website changes of bol.com
v. 3.8.23 31-3-2019
- change due to website changes of bol.com
v. 3.8.22 17-2-2019
- change due to website changes of bol.com,
- substract buy-links from comments;
v. 3.8.21 23-3-2018
- change for finding reviews
v.3.8.20 14-2-2018
- change due to website changes of bol.com, where the server serves different code at searchpages.
v. 3.8.19 1-2-2018
- fix in case literatuurplein gets a 404 error and option is set for "get cover literatuurplein if available"
- textchange for source: bol.com
- remove first htmlcodes in description, showed as spaces some times
v. 3.8.18 31-1-2018
- fix due to website changes
- fix for retrieving covers from literatuurplein.nl
V 3.8.17 13-11-2017
- fix due to website_changes according to searchpages
V 3.8.16 11-7-2017
- fix for downloading covers.
V 3.8.15 30-4-2017
- fix for triple comments in some cases .
V 3.8.14 29-4-2017
- fix for website changes , which serves different comment-styles for the same book.
V 3.8.13 27-1-2017
- fix in case no author is named (strict isbn search)
v 3.8.12 25-10-2016
- The dialog for rejected titles is extended with the title and (first) author, to inform you which search returned no exact match.
-this dialog cannot be used in a osX environment ( see known issues
v 3.8.11 17-9-2016
- update due to websites changes related to tags/categories
v 3.8.10 22-8-2016
- Update due to websites changes
- Some layout changes for comments
v 3.8.9 28-7-2016
- Update due to websites changes
v 3.8.8 12-6-2016
- Fix for tags and rating due to websites changes
v 3.8.7 31-5-2016
- Update due to websites changes, the website serves pages in a random different html/style
V.3.8.6 16-5-2016
- Changed option for ebooks search to 'search ebooks only' (if not ISBN-based)
- Changed the method for this function.
- This option will not affect isbn-search
V.3.8.5 2-4-2016
- New option to search for ebook-editions , after install restart calibre maybe necessarry
V.3.8.4 7-3-2016
- Update due to website changes (related to authors in some cases)
V.3.8.3 31-10-2015
- Update due to website changes (authors).
V.3.8.2 18-10-2015
- Fix for retrieving cover
V.3.8.1 15-8-2015
- Fix for retrieving reviews
V.3.8 29-5-2015
- Update due to website changes of BOL regarding comments
V.3.6 19-4-2015
- Update due to website changes of BOL
V.3.5 1-2-2015
- Update due to website changes of BOL also for rejected titles
V.3.5 31-1-2015
- Update due to website changes of BOL
- Correct a typo (recencie to redecensie)
v.3.4.0 9-11-2014
- Update due to timezone problems with the publishing date , default day of the month is set to 2.
v.3.3.0 16-10-2014
- Update due to website change
v.3.2.1 10-9-2014
- Update due to website change / clean description to almost plain text
v 3.2.0 25-8-2014
- Update due to website change
- removed keywords and genre as base for tag search
v.3.1 1-8-2014
- update for retreiving cover due to website change
v.3.0 21-7-2014
- Porting to Qt5 for Calibre 2.0
v2.4 9-5-2014
- fix due to website change
v2.3 12-12-2013
- fix due to website change
v.2.2.5 19-9-2013
- fix authors-bug ( translators were add to the authors , if they are mentioned)
- fix bug publish_date, in case there was extra information shown, p.e. "midprice".
v.2.2.4 21-8-2013
- fix for another websitechange of bol.com.
v.2.2.3 5-7-2013
- update correct publisher and publish date in case of eBook version (Thx Wipneus)
v.2.2.2 15-6-2013
- correct publisher and publish date in case of eBook version
v.2.2.1 13-1-2013
- fix error when there are no reviews or when reviews were not selected by the user
v.2.2.0 11-1-2013
- fix for another websitechange of bol.com.
V.2.1.0
- small fix to prevent crash in case the default value for rejected books is not saved
v.2.0.0 9-11-2011
- add a dialog for choosing an alternative title if there no match with the exact title.
- small fix because of website-change.
- delete serie variables.
- add option for rejected titles in the configuration settings.(2.0.1)
- delete extra<br> at comments (2.0.1)
v.1.8.2 - 21-10-2012
- cleanup code , because some debug code was left.
v.1.8.1 - 19-10-2012
- fix for another websitechange of bol.com.
v.1.8.0 - 27-9-2012
- Quick fix for another dirty websitechange of bol.com.
They now serve different (xml-)pages of the same object in a random way.
So the plugin needs to do some more analyzing
v.1.7.0 - 6-7-2012
- add option: to retrieve tags/labels Genre,Age,Categorie,Keywords ((request SangHoku)) Default = no tags
v 1.6.2 - 22-4-2012
- added language as metadata item
- add option: to retrieve covers from Literatuurplein.nl if availalble- default = no (request Wipneus )
- add option: to retriev only covers from Literatuurplein.nl, not from bol.com (request Wipneus)
- settings are done in the configuration window
v 1.6.0 - 7-2-2012
- fix for another websitechange of bol.com related to authors
- add link to mobileread forum for error and requests in the configuration section
v.1.5.1 - 22-1-2012
- fix for title-info when searching on isbn-number.
v. 1.5.0 - 19-1-2012
- Quick fix for another websitechange of bol.com
v.1.4.0 - 4-1-2012
- Quick fix for websitechange of bol.com
v. 1.3.0 - 31-7-2011
- add option for description and reviews, or just description (request from Triniton)
v. 1.2.0 - 7-7-2011
- fix noimage now skipped as cover
- fix no match if Bol ommits 'de','het' or 'een' as start of the title
v. 1.1.0 - 25-6-2011
fix: rating was set to 0 when searching on isbn.
fix: parsing end of lines in comments (problem: no space after a word on the end of a line) (thx Dompie).
v. 1.0.0 - 21-6-2011
intial production release.
fix: no matches found on isbn-pages with less information.
fix: error when "verschijningsjaar" is more than just a year.
v. 0.3.1 - 20-6-2011 - beta
change: skip "Beschrijving" at description.
fix: prevent unnecessary "<br>"'s in description by converting webtext.
v. 0.3.0 - 19-6-2011 - beta
add: more specific publish date.
add: rating.
add: exclude 'luisterboek / cd / voorgelezen' from results.
add: if no 'inkijkememplaar', then take the small one on the webpage.
fix: now getting larger covers (bol.com mislead me a bit, by offering thumbs in stead of large cover;-).
v. 0.2.1 - 18-6-2011 - beta
fix: cleanud up to much (debug-)code.
v. 0.2.0 - 18-6-2011 - beta
change: comments is more accurate, also including "(source:Bol.com)" .
add: publisher_data, pub_date(year only).
fixed: multiple authors.
v. 0.1.1 - 17-6-2011 - beta
initial release.