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Originally Posted by ViktorShchedrin
Please advice - the proper way to use Calibre to create csv or txt file which will accept LibraryThing and/or GoodReads ? thanks
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Viktor,
On the Goodreads site you can download a sample CSV file. Do so, and look at it to see what the supported column headings are. You can read it as a text file but I recommend opening it in a spreadsheet program for ease of use. (Excel, OpenOffice Calc, etc.)
Note: You don't have to use all of the columns in the sample - it just shows all of the ones it supports for import. You can use as few as Author and Title.
Now, use calibre to generate a CSV catalog, selecting the calibre columns you wish you use. Open the CSV catalog file, look at the header row, and see what column headings you will need to change to match the sample you downloaded from Goodreads. For example, the calibre "Authors" column will need to be changed to match. Save the changes you make as a new file if you want to keep the original.
Once you do that, you can go to Goodreads and import the books from that file. It won't be a perfect process, it may miss a few or list the wrong book, so I recommend going through your shelves after the import to check for any books that look like they don't belong. But even though you may have to fix a few, it is still faster than listing them all manually.
Good luck, and let us know if you run into problems.
Christa