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Originally Posted by canpolat
I'm looking for a plugin that I can use in the following scenario:
- I export my Calibre library (not the books, only the data stored at Calibre database) and send it to my friend.
- She imports that library as a separate book-less library. Then she starts working on fixing the tags, genres, etc.
- Once she is ready with fixing, she exports the library and sends it back to me.
- When I get the library and importing the differences to my existing library. The plugin prompts me with changes and I accept them (or deny some of them) and the merging happens.
- The books with changed metadata are marked in Calibre so that I can work on them (embed metadata, etc.)
I know this sounds complicated and does seem niche, but isn't that what plugins are for? I hope someone finds the idea challenging enough to give it a shot. |
@canpolat:
Easy. Almost trivial.
[1] Send your friend a CALM (Consolidate All Library Metadata) Target Library (which is of course 'bookless').
[2] She can use CALM to standardize and otherwise change the metadata. There are CALM tools just for that purpose.
[3] She sends the CALM Target Library back to you.
[4] You can then use that changed CALM Target Library to synchronize it with the real Source Libraries using the CALM standardization/synchronization pushbuttons in its 'Metadata Tools' and 'Library Tools' Tabs.
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