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Bradles · 02-18-2021, 10:39 PM

Hi David,

Thanks for your question. The two possible answers are:

1. I was more interested in the simple existence of the book in each source, not so much in syncing the metadata. More a personal preference in how I use LT and calibre.

2. Complexity. This is my first "real" plugin, my first attempt at python programming, and my first experience with web-related development. I wanted to keep it simple.

I have looked at a couple of your metadata source plugins, and I can foresee it wouldn't be TOO difficult to adapt one for LT. I do like the idea of clicking on the identifier to go to the book in LT. I will give this some thought if the current plugin gets any traction.

To touch on your other comments, I do use a "LibraryThing ID" column in calibre to keep track of the matched books. The LT API is one-way, so no facility to update books there.

02-18-2021, 10:39 PM	#10
Bradles Zealot Posts: 112 Karma: 35586 Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Perth, Western Australia Device: Apple Books & Kobo Libra H20	Hi David, Thanks for your question. The two possible answers are: 1. I was more interested in the simple existence of the book in each source, not so much in syncing the metadata. More a personal preference in how I use LT and calibre. 2. Complexity. This is my first "real" plugin, my first attempt at python programming, and my first experience with web-related development. I wanted to keep it simple. I have looked at a couple of your metadata source plugins, and I can foresee it wouldn't be TOO difficult to adapt one for LT. I do like the idea of clicking on the identifier to go to the book in LT. I will give this some thought if the current plugin gets any traction. To touch on your other comments, I do use a "LibraryThing ID" column in calibre to keep track of the matched books. The LT API is one-way, so no facility to update books there.