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Old 10-20-2019, 10:34 PM   #379
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Originally Posted by jalarab View Post
I tried with Job Spy that seems easy to me, but I can't do it.
I have the csv file with the names of the nobel prize winners, but when i tried to import it I can't select the authors field to match the books.
can you help me?
I can't comment on Job Spy, but, overall what you are doing isn't a good match.

Calibre is a book management system. The author is really just an attribute of the books. The only author information store is the name, the sort name and a URL to link to author details. There is no way to store that the author has been awarded the Nobel except by recording this against a book by the author. Or all books by the author.

The Import List plugin supports updating books. In the list to be imported, either a CSV or a fetch from a website, each line is expected to be for an individual book. It should have the title and author so that the plugin can match the new details to an existing book, or is able to add a new book. Most awards will work for this as they are awards for a particular book. The Nobel prize for literature is not, it is a lifetime achievement, so it applies to the author instead. As stated, calibre doesn't really support this, and I have no interest in modifying this plugin to support making changes to all books for an author.

This type of topic (storing more author related details) has come up before. There are various solutions, but the main one I an think of is to use the author URL to link to a local file with the details. I'm sure a plugin has been suggested to do more, but, I don't remember if anyone has actually developed something.
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