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Old 03-20-2011, 09:02 PM   #1
collin8579
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Downloading Metadata Question

I have downloaded a few large archives of books, and I am currently in the process of cleaning, sorting, and properly tagging them within calibre,,

However,, I have tried to use the "Get Metadata" as a shortcut to cleaning some files,, hoping to let the program download the proper information,,
This works in some cases, but not in others

Example:
I Have book 1 by author 1 and some of the information is incorrect,, it doesn't have tags, comments, and the author name isn't spelled quite correctly,, However when I pull the metadata it accurately tags it, changes author to what it should be,, grabs cover,, etc

Book 2 - done in the same manner,, it does not pull correct metadata,, not that it pulls wrong data,, but just incomplete or based on what is already in the Metadata,, When I go in to edit individually in this case and pull the metadata,, it pulls 1 option, typically with the information exactly the same (incomplete and/or wrong) that's already in it..
Its like some of these archives were put on "wherever" it pulls the metadata from as accurate information for these books,,

Perfect example, One book I have is a star trek book, Dwellers in the Crucible,, fairly unique title
Currently the metadata has title correct and author as STAR TREK - TOS - 025
In the individual edit, I fetch metadata from server and it pops up with 1 hit,, with the exact metadata I have,, nothing but the name and the author as STAR TREK - TOS - 025
I go to amazon and search for "Dwellers in the crucible" and it comes up as first match with correct book
If I remove everything but the title it searches properly,, or more properly


Is there a way to fix this, aside from making sure the title and author are exactly correct and probably searching manually each time,, ?

Currently in plugins its set up to search Amazon, goodreads, google, and isbn

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