Thread: [Metadata Source Plugin] Goodreads
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Old 01-10-2021, 06:27 PM   #545
davidfor
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Originally Posted by rglrglrgl View Post
I was just getting back into tending to my library after some time away from Calibre and noticed that the option to use the published date as specified per edition on Goodreads appears to have disappeared from the Goodreads Metadata Source plugin.

It seemed to have worked this way in 2018 and I can't see anything in this thread to say it changed.

I am married to having the publication date in the Calibre pubdate field and don't trust combining metadata sources to pull the correct edition date, I've treated Goodreads as my authoritative source for this stuff forever. I have large numbers of translations/critical editions of single works in my library so losing this ability would fundamentally break how I've structured a huge Calibre library.

Am I out of luck? Please tell me the option has moved somewhere I've not thought to look.
I don't remember changing anything in the plugin related to the published date any time recently. And comparing the current code to the oldest version I have (1.1.9 from 2015). And that does not have any options for the publishing date. From the plugin's point of view, this is working as it always has.

It could be something has changed on GR that didn't break anything obviously in the plugin. To have a look at it, I need some examples that are not working for you and exactly what the problem is.
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