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Originally Posted by tarisea
One thing I find more than a little frustrating however is my inability to search for metadata for an ebook. When you request a metadata search you are as likely to get the ISBN for a Paperback as a Nook or a Hardcover.
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You might get better results if you run the Extract ISBN plugin on the book prior to grabbing metadata. This plugin will attempt to grab the ISBN from your book. Having the proper isbn set before downloading your metadata will make everything else go a little smoother.
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Originally Posted by tarisea
It also doesn't let you record ASIN and catalog based on that, all books must be cataloged based on ISBN.
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Fortunately for you, the above is just not correct.
While I really don't care what my identifiers are, a quick look reveals the following identifiers out of 9751 books.
isbn - 9498
goodreads - 9396
amazon - 3227
barnesnoble - 2795
ff (fantasticfiction) - 2349
google - 560
odid - 11
While most of my Amazon ids are paper back isbn, many of them are the Kindle edition asin number. Additionally you can catalog everything by ASIN if you want simply by entering the identifier info in the Edit metadata window in this format asin:B007MAMZUO or amazon:B007MAMZUO. Catalog things any way you want to.
Good Reading!