How do I improve metadata download matches?

searcygr · 09-17-2018, 10:43 AM

I am updating metadata on hundreds of books. I am using sources: Amazon.com, Big Book Search, Google and Open Library.

I am getting a very low percentage of matches. It doesn't seem to match the title and/or author very well at all, even though a simple google search in a browser turns up the correct book/author.

Is there any way via scripts, templates, etc. to improve metadata hits when doing searches? Is there somewhere to put priority on the columns being search such as Author over Title?

theducks · 09-17-2018, 01:04 PM

Identifiers will make or break a search.

none : leaves the door wide (Author OR Title(words)
(just plain) wrong: GIGO
exact: only works with the sites that support that one (eg ASIN is Amazon) ISBN is good for most general sources

I like Fantastic Fiction (for fiction, obviously

)

BetterRed · 09-18-2018, 12:23 AM

@searcygr - try using the Extract ISBN plugin first ===>> Index of plugins

Install it via Preferences->Plugins

BR

09-17-2018, 10:43 AM	#1
searcygr Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2018 Device: none	How do I improve metadata download matches? I am updating metadata on hundreds of books. I am using sources: Amazon.com, Big Book Search, Google and Open Library. I am getting a very low percentage of matches. It doesn't seem to match the title and/or author very well at all, even though a simple google search in a browser turns up the correct book/author. Is there any way via scripts, templates, etc. to improve metadata hits when doing searches? Is there somewhere to put priority on the columns being search such as Author over Title?

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09-17-2018, 01:04 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,820 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Identifiers will make or break a search. none : leaves the door wide (Author OR Title(words) (just plain) wrong: GIGO exact: only works with the sites that support that one (eg ASIN is Amazon) ISBN is good for most general sources I like Fantastic Fiction (for fiction, obviously )

09-18-2018, 12:23 AM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,590 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@searcygr - try using the Extract ISBN plugin first ===>> Index of plugins Install it via Preferences->Plugins BR

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