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goge · 03-23-2015, 03:21 PM

So I tried out the calibredb method using

Code:

calibredb add --isbn "9780747595823" --empty

This adds an entry for a book with the ISBN but doesn't scrape any of the other information. For instance it doesn't populate the author, title, category, tags...

Am I mistaken in believing that "right clicking the add books button in the calibre GUI" populates the rest of the metadata?

Is there a way I can get calibre to populate the metadata for a new book added by an ISBN?

03-23-2015, 03:21 PM	#4
goge Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: android phone	So I tried out the calibredb method using Code: calibredb add --isbn "9780747595823" --empty This adds an entry for a book with the ISBN but doesn't scrape any of the other information. For instance it doesn't populate the author, title, category, tags... Am I mistaken in believing that "right clicking the add books button in the calibre GUI" populates the rest of the metadata? Is there a way I can get calibre to populate the metadata for a new book added by an ISBN?