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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.
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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I use Calibre's Find Metadata tool and it is usually 'right enough' for me. I mean, I do make sure it is the correct book. But as long as the title, author, publisher and synopsis are okay, that's all I care about. And really, publisher isn't a major concern of mine.
Series I edit manually if they don't auto-populate. And I'm not a big fan of series anyway.
Beyond that, when you are talking eBooks, what is 'correct'?
Tags I'm not too fussed about. I add some for things that I think are important to me. Mainly genre.
Publication date I rarely pay attention to. What is the 'right' date? The date it was first published? The date the current eBook was released? I just don't care.
Sometimes if the cover is ugly and I can find an older cover I like better, I'll change it. But I have to say I don't do that very often.