Who decides stars?

Sydney's Mom · 03-08-2010, 09:40 PM

When I download metadata, the rating field is usually filled in. Usually 4 stars, sometimes 2 or 3. I always set the rating down to 0 stars, and rate the book myself once I have read it. But I just downloaded metadata for a recent bestseller, and it had 2 stars. Some of my Harlequin romances have 4 stars. Who decides?

kovidgoyal · 03-08-2010, 10:30 PM

That's the amazon star rating. If you don't like it, you can disable it and use your own.

Sydney's Mom · 03-09-2010, 11:53 AM

I always just erase it. Is there a way to disable it, so I don't have to manually set it back to zero?

kovidgoyal · 03-09-2010, 10:56 PM

Go to preferences->plugins->metadata download plugins and customize the amazon plugin.

Sydney's Mom · 03-10-2010, 11:49 AM

Thanks!

guyanonymous · 03-10-2010, 10:00 PM

And here I was thinking it was Kovid working away in his workshop, night and day, quickly finding, buying, reading, and rating every book that got entered into Calibre. Kinda like the fridge-gnomes who turn off the light after you close the door.

Sydney's Mom · 03-10-2010, 10:41 PM

Ambermonk · 03-10-2010, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Go to preferences->plugins->metadata download plugins and customize the amazon plugin.

Great tip Kovid. That will make a big difference in my future downloads.

Ambermonk · 03-10-2010, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

When I download metadata, the rating field is usually filled in. ...Who decides?

One popular method among Calibré users is to have the star rating in all downloads set to "0," and after you have read the book, assign your own rating. This will also make clear which books you have read and which ones you haven't.

03-08-2010, 09:40 PM	#1
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,179 Karma: 3646739 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicago Device: Kindle 4 (7th Kindle), Fire HD and Samsung Tab 10.1.2	Who decides stars? When I download metadata, the rating field is usually filled in. Usually 4 stars, sometimes 2 or 3. I always set the rating down to 0 stars, and rate the book myself once I have read it. But I just downloaded metadata for a recent bestseller, and it had 2 stars. Some of my Harlequin romances have 4 stars. Who decides? __________________ Let's both use dropbox for our ebooks. Sign-up with this link, and we both get space in the cloud! And Dropbox just doubled what we both get! Thanks, Debra https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NT...rrals_twitter9 I love my Kindles, thanks to MobileRead, I Heart Cabbages and Calibre!

03-08-2010, 10:30 PM	#2
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre Posts: 22,501 Karma: 2944574 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	That's the amazon star rating. If you don't like it, you can disable it and use your own. __________________ Get calibre Notice to all: I can not provide assistance with DRM removal, for legal reasons, so please do not contact me about it.

03-09-2010, 11:53 AM	#3
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,179 Karma: 3646739 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicago Device: Kindle 4 (7th Kindle), Fire HD and Samsung Tab 10.1.2	I always just erase it. Is there a way to disable it, so I don't have to manually set it back to zero? __________________ Let's both use dropbox for our ebooks. Sign-up with this link, and we both get space in the cloud! And Dropbox just doubled what we both get! Thanks, Debra https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NT...rrals_twitter9 I love my Kindles, thanks to MobileRead, I Heart Cabbages and Calibre!

03-09-2010, 10:56 PM	#4
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre Posts: 22,501 Karma: 2944574 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Go to preferences->plugins->metadata download plugins and customize the amazon plugin. __________________ Get calibre Notice to all: I can not provide assistance with DRM removal, for legal reasons, so please do not contact me about it.

03-10-2010, 11:49 AM	#5
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,179 Karma: 3646739 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicago Device: Kindle 4 (7th Kindle), Fire HD and Samsung Tab 10.1.2	Thanks! __________________ Let's both use dropbox for our ebooks. Sign-up with this link, and we both get space in the cloud! And Dropbox just doubled what we both get! Thanks, Debra https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NT...rrals_twitter9 I love my Kindles, thanks to MobileRead, I Heart Cabbages and Calibre!

03-10-2010, 10:00 PM	#6
guyanonymous Guru Posts: 692 Karma: 27532 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Ebookwise 1150 / 1200	And here I was thinking it was Kovid working away in his workshop, night and day, quickly finding, buying, reading, and rating every book that got entered into Calibre. Kinda like the fridge-gnomes who turn off the light after you close the door.

03-10-2010, 10:41 PM	#7
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,179 Karma: 3646739 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicago Device: Kindle 4 (7th Kindle), Fire HD and Samsung Tab 10.1.2	__________________ Let's both use dropbox for our ebooks. Sign-up with this link, and we both get space in the cloud! And Dropbox just doubled what we both get! Thanks, Debra https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NT...rrals_twitter9 I love my Kindles, thanks to MobileRead, I Heart Cabbages and Calibre!

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