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GoghGirl · 11-28-2011, 08:29 PM

Hello! I just installed the plugin!
Its great! I had stopped using goodreads before since i simply got bored of updating the info in both locations..

I encountered one issue which is caused by how I organize my library, specifically my series..
To show you how I organize: Lets take the Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost.
I like having all the books in a series listed by alphabetical order(since alot of times the series tag doesnt even show up on my reader) so I changed the name of all the titles in my library to follow a certain pattern.
The titles of the above series in my calibre show up as:
NH1 Halfway to the Grave
NH2 One foot in the Grave
NH3 ...
NH4...
etc..
All of the books in my library have 2-4 letters to denote the name of the series then followed by the # of the book.

I noticed when I try to link the books to Goodreads it does not offer any suggestions to what the book is. In order to find it I have to click "search Goodreads.com".. After clicking Goodreads always suggests the book Im looking for is names "hello"(I found this rather bizarre because most of the books didnt even have H anywhere in the title..) This takes up quite a bit of time since it takes me to the browser and I have to copy and paste the link..

If I take the NH1 out of the title it has it listed as soon as I click to link up.

Is there any way for it to omit the NH# when it searches? Or any other way to do it that would be faster? Manually deleting the beginning of all the titles would take forever as well..
I have alot of books to link..

11-28-2011, 08:29 PM	#285
GoghGirl Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Nook Color Rooted	Hello! I just installed the plugin! Its great! I had stopped using goodreads before since i simply got bored of updating the info in both locations.. I encountered one issue which is caused by how I organize my library, specifically my series.. To show you how I organize: Lets take the Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost. I like having all the books in a series listed by alphabetical order(since alot of times the series tag doesnt even show up on my reader) so I changed the name of all the titles in my library to follow a certain pattern. The titles of the above series in my calibre show up as: NH1 Halfway to the Grave NH2 One foot in the Grave NH3 ... NH4... etc.. All of the books in my library have 2-4 letters to denote the name of the series then followed by the # of the book. I noticed when I try to link the books to Goodreads it does not offer any suggestions to what the book is. In order to find it I have to click "search Goodreads.com".. After clicking Goodreads always suggests the book Im looking for is names "hello"(I found this rather bizarre because most of the books didnt even have H anywhere in the title..) This takes up quite a bit of time since it takes me to the browser and I have to copy and paste the link.. If I take the NH1 out of the title it has it listed as soon as I click to link up. Is there any way for it to omit the NH# when it searches? Or any other way to do it that would be faster? Manually deleting the beginning of all the titles would take forever as well.. I have alot of books to link..