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userwack · 07-12-2018, 11:40 AM

I have a book that I have in both pdf and epub formats, and wish to keep and use both version.

It makes sense to me to use just one calibre entry for both formats, but the issue I have run into is that they both have different isbns (they may also be different editions I am not sure).

I just wondered how other people dealt with this? Do you have two separate calibre entries or just one and accept that the isbn information won't be completely accurate?

More generally do you care about having the correct isbn for the specific version of the book that you have or do you just scrape the metadata that seems the best match and not worry about it?

I'm curious to hear peoples thoughts.

07-12-2018, 11:40 AM	#1
userwack Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2018 Device: none	Same book in different formats, how do you deal with different isbns? I have a book that I have in both pdf and epub formats, and wish to keep and use both version. It makes sense to me to use just one calibre entry for both formats, but the issue I have run into is that they both have different isbns (they may also be different editions I am not sure). I just wondered how other people dealt with this? Do you have two separate calibre entries or just one and accept that the isbn information won't be completely accurate? More generally do you care about having the correct isbn for the specific version of the book that you have or do you just scrape the metadata that seems the best match and not worry about it? I'm curious to hear peoples thoughts.