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Old 10-25-2010, 03:58 PM   #14
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I answered my own question.

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Does that mean there are more than those two sources (ISBNDB and Amazon) that are used to access meta-data or just that calibre uses 5 plug-ins to perform the search? Kovid mentioned that the search uses aggregators rather than directly accessing the websites but as I don't know what aggregators are I'm finding the whole issue a little perplexing which in turn makes it hard to ask the right questions when seeking assistance or requesting improvements.
I found where the plug-ins are listed in preferences/plug-ins (fancy that?) so now I have a better idea about what's going on.
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