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MarjaE · 12-02-2019, 06:53 PM

Hi,

Is there a simple way to write up the metadata for multiple books? So I don't worsen my rsi by manually cutting-and-pasting through each book?

For some ongoing research, I tracked down several hundred older web pages and/or internet archived web pages, and saved copies, and I have been importing these into Calibre. I usually use EpubPress for existing pages, and Dot Epub for archived pages.

I can use Bulk Edit for Genre, certain Tags, and Processing, but that doesn't help me with Author or Publisher. Most tools to save these books list themselves as the publisher, and list the original source url in their references. I want to list the tool under #Processing and the original source url under Publisher, so sources show up in library searches.

Author is harder, since Dot Epub tends to strip bylines when saving pages.

A tool which lets me select Dot Epub books, and copies the last url in each book and pastes that url into Publisher would be a very good start.

12-02-2019, 06:53 PM	#1
MarjaE Guru Posts: 939 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Simple ways to write up Metadata? Hi, Is there a simple way to write up the metadata for multiple books? So I don't worsen my rsi by manually cutting-and-pasting through each book? For some ongoing research, I tracked down several hundred older web pages and/or internet archived web pages, and saved copies, and I have been importing these into Calibre. I usually use EpubPress for existing pages, and Dot Epub for archived pages. I can use Bulk Edit for Genre, certain Tags, and Processing, but that doesn't help me with Author or Publisher. Most tools to save these books list themselves as the publisher, and list the original source url in their references. I want to list the tool under #Processing and the original source url under Publisher, so sources show up in library searches. Author is harder, since Dot Epub tends to strip bylines when saving pages. A tool which lets me select Dot Epub books, and copies the last url in each book and pastes that url into Publisher would be a very good start.