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Originally Posted by Tarkin9188
I use the ffdl plugin to download my fanfiction and have it set to create a fandom column. It works fairly well, but is there a way to keep it from separating fandoms such as Harry Potter; Harry Potter - fandom; Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling or Once Upon a time; Once upon a time(tv).
It's really not a huge problem but it makes it difficult to find stories on my kindle when i use kindle collections .
Also first post YAY
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You've just discovered the joy of downloading metadata. Just wait until you start dealing with tags.
The reason why you have multiple fandoms in that field is because that's the way it's stored in the book or on the site where you downloaded it from. At some point, someone typed in "Harry Potter" for one book, and someone else typed in "Harry Potter - fandom" for a different book, without consulting each other to make sure their labels are consistent. There's nothing Calibre or ffdl can do about that.
My suggestion is to never trust downloaded metadata, or the metadata stored in books you import. ALWAYS go in and clean it up yourself afterward. Just re-type whatever you want in the field in the database to make them consistent. Or select all the Harry Potter fanfiction books and use bulk metadata edit to change them all at once.