Thread: Why is "Download Metadata" slow? And how can I speed it up?
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Old 08-16-2020, 08:00 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
Because it has to scrape websites and scraping websites fast gets yor ip banned.
I don't see anything to adjust this in Preferences>Tweaks. How can I make "Download Metadata" do 2 books at a time?
If I can open 2 Firefox tabs to point to 2 different books in Amazon, surely using Calibre to get info for 2 books at a time doesn't warrant a ban, yes?
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