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cybmole · 10-20-2014, 03:09 AM

I keep a lot of expired library loan metadata in calibre ( as a way of knowing what I've previously borrowed - because Overdrive cannot keep a history)

I noticed that other day that I now have over 400 different "publishers" in my calibre library tag browser - the entries look mostly sensible but why so many?
- do publishers create a myriad of off-shoots & then abandon them a few books later?.
- do publishers "die" for tax reasons & get reborn with new names ?

it would be reasonable to assume that calibre picks up the metadata from the library books OK, and that library books, being retail editions, should not have junk metadata

10-20-2014, 03:09 AM	#1
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	how accurate is "publisher" data - how many publishers are there anyway ? I keep a lot of expired library loan metadata in calibre ( as a way of knowing what I've previously borrowed - because Overdrive cannot keep a history) I noticed that other day that I now have over 400 different "publishers" in my calibre library tag browser - the entries look mostly sensible but why so many? - do publishers create a myriad of off-shoots & then abandon them a few books later?. - do publishers "die" for tax reasons & get reborn with new names ? it would be reasonable to assume that calibre picks up the metadata from the library books OK, and that library books, being retail editions, should not have junk metadata