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Old 07-08-2018, 02:48 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by KnotHolme View Post
@BetterRed - Thanks for the suggestion but it did not seem to do what I am looking for - but perhaps I just do not understand its purpose/capabilities. It seemed that it wanted to match on author/title - not UUID - meaning that each line in the incoming CSV would need to be manually matched to the exiting book in Calibre - again a labor intensive effort I am trying to avoid (yes, I am lazy). Also, Once I did match the few test books I tried, it seemed that it would display the data, and perhaps re-export it for use in other applications, but I did not find a way to actually rename books and update metadata in the Calibre database. Did I miss something?

Thanks,
The IL plugin can update the database, this from the first post

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Main Features of v1.1.5
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Option to update metadata of existing books

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Did you browse the Import List thread. I seem to remember the matter of matching on ID (i.e. the integer calibre assigns, not the UUID) came up a while back, can't recall the outcome. Other possibilities are ISBN and or ASIN. I suggest you post something specific in the IL thread - that will get the attention of davidfor, who has taken over its maintenance.

But it's unlikely you'll find a one-slick-click-and-it's-done solution. Fixing messy libraries mostly gets done progressively, rather than in one fell swoop.

BR
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