Thread: [GUI Plugin] Goodreads Sync
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Old 12-13-2016, 08:37 PM   #908
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Originally Posted by Efreak View Post
I'm having an issue with importing some comic books from goodreads to calibre. When I import books such as the Jem and the Holograms series, it doesn't recognize the title or the series number.

I've got screenshots of the import window and links to the goodreads pages below:

Jem and the Holograms - for these titles, I added blank entries for them manually, then linked them, then synced the shelf. These titles have a series entry and number on goodreads. PROBLEM: the series number isn't being recognized correctly. The title is not recognized. I could not automatically create blank entries.



Scarlet Witch #5 and Starfire #11 - these titles did not have a series entry on goodreads at the time of this posting, however I am planning on linking them up as soon as I'm done writing this post. These links are from clicking 'view book on goodreads.com' in the plugin's context menu in the screenshot. PROBLEM: The title is not recognized. I cannot automatically create blank entries.
Sorry, but this is working as designed. The Goodreads sync plugin is not used to fetch the metadata for the book. This is done through the standard metadata download function of calibre. You also need to install the Goodread Metadata Source. This reads the books page and extracts the metadata, including the series info if it is available. That will also set the Goodreads identifier for the book.

You can use the Goodreads Sync plugin to set the identifier. Then you need to use the metadata download to get the full metadata. In this case, the metadata download will use the identifier to get the page rather than doing a search using the title and author. Other than that, it works the same.

My process is:
  1. Add the new book to calibre. I am usually adding a format, but occasionally add an empty book.
  2. Make sure the author and title are correct, or at least close enough that they will match the metadata sources.
  3. Use the metadatata download. I normally do this for a single book and choose the results that match best.
  4. If the metadata source I chose was not Goodreads, then I won't have a good reads identifier. I use Goodreads Sync to find the book and get an identifier.
  5. If the book has multiple editions, use Goodreads Sync to choose the best edition.
  6. Add the book to the appropriate Goodreads shelf. Though I tend to do this when I start reading the book.

I will occasionally do the metadata download step after setting the Goodreads identifier. The Goodreads Sync plugin can show more book choices if the title and author aren't correct. But, I am just as likely to search the site and manually set the identifier before doing the metadata download.
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