Thread: Importing Metadata from .bib or MySQL Database
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Old 03-20-2011, 08:30 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Hazeldor View Post
Hello all,

I have a large collection of ebooks for research that I was previously managing with JabRef locally on my PC. I am moving these to my iPAD with Calibre and Stanza. My question is: I have a large amount of metadata ready in a JabRef .bib database file. How can I import this information into Calibre when I add books from my collection? Is there an appropriate plugin for example? Jabref allows me to export to an external database such as MySQL so if there is a way to get metadata from a custom MySQL database that would work for me equally well.

I am interested in fields like Series, Edition, Editors as well as the standard author and publisher fields.

Many thanks for any help you can giive me on what looks like a great piece of software!
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You will have to do a bit of scripting
Look at the Command line interface:
http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual/cli/calibredb.html

You might also review: the "Add from ISBN" ( little arrow next to add books) and see if the few options there would meed your needs.
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