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Originally Posted by Ripplinger
Filling in metadata automatically is something I'd never even try, I can't imagine any scenario when it would give even "decent" results and not create more of a mess to then clean up. I don't think that's being fussy just to want the info correct.
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As said, it works near-perfectly with music CD's, leaning on databases such as AccurateRip. The ripper creates a CD-hash, and then retrieves the metadata for that CD from the database, which is verified an known to be correct.
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I add books to my Calibre Library as I get them, and for each and every book I then edit the metadata manually where I can make sure I select the correct book with the info I want and then select a cover of my choice, not necessarily the one that came with the book.
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Same here. I set the metadata myself, and use the publisher and the ISBN mentioned in the ebook. The cover I get is the one I like, not necessarily the one belonging to that particular version. I like to have matching covers in series.
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Fortunately I stumbled on Calibre right after getting my first ereader thanks to this forum, so I never had the headache of trying to add in hundreds of books at a time. But doing a few manually as I get them takes just a few minutes of time and is a step I never skip with new books.
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It's the same for me nowadays, but in 2013-2014, I went completely bat-shit crazy with the Kobo 70-90% coupons, and bought hundreds and hundreds of books in two years time.