Thread: Problem with add books from isbn
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Old 01-16-2012, 09:38 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Arutha View Post
Hello

I'm cataloguing my paper books with calibre and got a very strange thing. The final result generally gets the right author and title, but the wrong cover (generally the last published), the wrong date, the wrong publisher, and, most amazing: changes the isbn that I put there in the first place!

Am I doing something wrong?

can any good soul put me in the right way?

I'm getting tired of correcting it manually and, people, there are over 2.000 books in the shelves!

I looked around in the forum and didn't find any answers, so sorry if it is something quite simple that everyone else knows
Old ISBN(-10) are not always found. Then Calibre tries a best match.
(Get) Covers are not always the old ones. I use Search the Internet plugin and then Search Google for images. I drag and drop my choice onto the Image shown on "Book Details" window in Calibre.

BTW I did my 1K paper library in batches of 10-20 so I could resolve any issues (Not found, Books older than ISBN , incomplete ISBN (no check digit printed in book) before moving on to the next pile.
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