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mdroberts · 11-30-2009, 06:48 PM

Thank you for adding this feature in 0.6.25. I just downloaded this version but unfortunately, I can't figure out how to make it work.

I've looked through the "Edit Metadata" interface and tried removing and adding a PDF to the library again, but I don't see how to get Calibre to fetch the ISBN from the PDF content.

What would really be ideal is a new menu item on the "Edit meta information" pop-up, called something like "Extract ISBN in bulk". When selected, this function would open each PDF, scan its content for the first ISBN, and use that to replace the one that appears in the "Edit Meta Information" window. Then, it would be possible to select "Download metadata and covers" which uses that ISBN, and the whole operation would only take two menu clicks.

Thanks.

11-30-2009, 06:48 PM	#6
mdroberts Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: none	Thank you for adding this feature in 0.6.25. I just downloaded this version but unfortunately, I can't figure out how to make it work. I've looked through the "Edit Metadata" interface and tried removing and adding a PDF to the library again, but I don't see how to get Calibre to fetch the ISBN from the PDF content. What would really be ideal is a new menu item on the "Edit meta information" pop-up, called something like "Extract ISBN in bulk". When selected, this function would open each PDF, scan its content for the first ISBN, and use that to replace the one that appears in the "Edit Meta Information" window. Then, it would be possible to select "Download metadata and covers" which uses that ISBN, and the whole operation would only take two menu clicks. Thanks.