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Old 07-07-2012, 06:22 AM   #8
kiwidude
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@TMSxMR - no there is no "metadata download" for such an approach, it is a workaround that this particular user happened to use and wanted to share.

As for calibre natively supporting author biographies, this has been discussed previously on other threads. The upshot of all that was chaley added the ability to hyperlink the author name to the Wikipedia page by default (customisable to an alternate page of your choice) that you can click on in the book details panel. That way the burden of "metadata updating" is left to the community that supports the website for the author. It isn't a solution that meets everyones needs but it is something you get for free.
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