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Originally Posted by ZuleikaD
I'm having trouble getting fields to match on an import and I'm hoping someone can help me figure out what I'm doing wrong.
Background: I'm trying to import a large number of "empty" books using data from Goodreads (ultimately to shift whole catalog management from GR to Calibre). I've created an empty library to use as a test with the same columns I have in my real library. I exported my GR data and extracted about 200 lines to test with. Saved as a csv file.
When I try to match the fields I'm not getting an option to match the ISBN field. I've tried re-naming the column in my csv file to "ID:ISBN" which is what I understand the field should be, but it's still not showing up.
(My library column layout does have an ISBN column, but since this is a column from another column, I understand that this is not the field to match to.)
I'm sure I've missed a step somewhere, but I can't figure out where!
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You need to have a book with an isbn number already in the library for it to show up in the plugin. I currently have all the identifiers with their own columns and each column has at least one book that has it.
I suggest creating an empty book with a popular title and downloading the metadata so that it will populate with all the identifiers you are looking for. Then you add the list from GR.