Thread: 2 metadata questions
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Old 12-20-2010, 05:47 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by bucsie View Post
1. when calibre downloads metadata for books, the whole app waits for it to finish and blocks any other user actions. can this be performed in the background? (maybe freeze the books involved so that no concurrent writing is done on the records - I assume that is why the import dialog is modal)
well you CAN do it manually - go to e.g. amazon, find the book - copy the review / summary/ cover art as needed - paste to calibre metadata. you can be multi-tasking within calibre at the same time
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