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droopy · 08-08-2020, 01:05 PM

Here are my active metadata-source plugins:
Amazon.com
Big Book Search
Edelweiss
Google
Google Images
Open Library
Overdrive

I have chosen to download everything but ratings. This means comments, pub date, author, title, tags, cover, etc.

At times, there's not much metadata that is downloaded. When I check the amazon product page, there's no description/comments.

But when I google-search the ISBN, I see the right-sidebar, which has info from Google Books. On the google books page, I see Author, Publisher, Pub Date, Category/Tag, and Comments.

On the Google Search for the ISBN, I also see a link to the abebooks product page, which has a lot of metadata. Is there a way to get Calibre to search for more sources, in case Amazon comes up short?

08-08-2020, 01:05 PM	#1
droopy Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	At times, Amazon sparse/empty on metadata. Can Calibe use Google Books meta? Here are my active metadata-source plugins: Amazon.com Big Book Search Edelweiss Google Google Images Open Library Overdrive I have chosen to download everything but ratings. This means comments, pub date, author, title, tags, cover, etc. At times, there's not much metadata that is downloaded. When I check the amazon product page, there's no description/comments. But when I google-search the ISBN, I see the right-sidebar, which has info from Google Books. On the google books page, I see Author, Publisher, Pub Date, Category/Tag, and Comments. On the Google Search for the ISBN, I also see a link to the abebooks product page, which has a lot of metadata. Is there a way to get Calibre to search for more sources, in case Amazon comes up short? Last edited by droopy; 08-08-2020 at 04:46 PM.