[MrBear]

Hey theducks. Thanks for taking an interest. I appreciate your time. I really have no doubt that Mr. Goyal is giving me valid information, I just don't know how to use it as my nephew was the one who set up my firewall and other protections. Sadly, he's no longer around to help me and what little I think I understand, I couldn't reconcile it with a firewall setting. I've been wrong before and I'm sure I'll be wrong again.

To answer your questions: It is set to default which is in my case U.S. as are the settings I use for Kobo and Smashwords. They are the only sources I rely on for metadata. What I will describe below will happen with any book I try to do this process for regardless if I purchased it from Amazon, Kobo, or Smashwords, or if I acquired it as part of a promotional give away.

One of the books I have been trying to fill in data and comments for is

A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel.

It was a free give away from Tor.com. There is no ASIN number assign with the epub file I downloaded from their site. I added it to Calibre with no problem. I then converted it to mobi with no problem. When I open "Edit metadata" from the menu across the top of the main screen and then click "Download metadata" at the bottom of the window that opens, the following happens with some variation depending on if Calibre crashes, or how many results I get for links to select form.

I am able to get a link to Kobo as well as an ISBN link and one to Google books.

I get a second listing and a link to Amazon for ebook ASIN B0879GLMQ9.

A third link for a sneak-peak that gives me a Kobo link and another ISBN link.

Spoiler:

the fourth offering is a link to a UK edition with a google link and yet another ISBN link. I will say of all the times I tried to successfully download metadata and have it auto fill error free, this is the first time I have had 4 options to get metadata.

Looking at the different listings is no easy feat. I will get a spinning symbol and a "not responding" message for several tens of seconds up to a handful of minutes before calibre will either crash or I get to look at the next offering for a link to metadata.

I have tried and I am unable to insert a screen shot of what I am seeing. but here is what is auto-filled into comments when I download from Kobo.

The IDs that auto fill are:isbn:9781250262059, google:xszdDwAAQBAJ, kobo:a-history-of-what-comes-next
I will delete these as I did not get the book from those sources.

*****
“A History of What Comes Next is a riveting blend of historical thriller and scientific speculation, which never loses its core of humanity.”—James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author
For generations, Mia’s family has shaped human history to push them to the stars. The year is 1945 and now it is her turn. Her mission: to lure scientist Wernher Von Braun away from the Nazi party and into the American rocket program, securing the future of the space race.
But there is a threat.
A ruthless enemy lurks behind the scenes.
Sylvain Neuvel’s genre-bending sci-fi thriller is a dark and gripping exploration of the amorality of progress and the nature of violence, as seen through the eyes of the women who make that progress possible and the men who are determined to stop them.
Always run, never fight.
Preserve the knowledge.
Survive at all costs.
Take them to the stars.
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Sylvain Neuvel proves once again he deserves the title of the hottest new SF writer of the 21st century — and this time he does it by looking back at the storied development of rocketry in the 20th. Clever and compelling, with a succession of kick-ass heroines propelling events along via mayhem and murder behind the scenes, A History of What Comes Next blasts off on page one and will keep you enthralled until the end. —Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of The Oppenheimer Alternative
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***** if I just clicked OK at this point, this would be auto filled in comments three times.

Then to delete all the extra stuff I don't want, I have to go through another round of "not responding" so I can highlight a section of text to delete. I cannot delete everything at once as it will not let me scroll up and highlight at the same time unless I sit still holding the mouse button while I wait for the "not responding to clear and then I scroll up a little bit more before it stops responding again. so when I finally get all the extra deleted and I click OK to save, this is what I get in my Comment section:

****
For generations, Mia’s family has shaped human history to push them to the stars. The year is 1945 and now it is her turn. Her mission: to lure scientist Wernher Von Braun away from the Nazi party and into the American rocket program, securing the future of the space race.
But there is a threat.
A ruthless enemy lurks behind the scenes.
Sylvain Neuvel’s genre-bending sci-fi thriller is a dark and gripping exploration of the amorality of progress and the nature of violence, as seen through the eyes of the women who make that progress possible and the men who are determined to stop them.
Always run, never fight.
Preserve the knowledge.
Survive at all costs.
Take them to the stars.



But there is a threat.
A ruthless enemy lurks behind the scenes.
Sylvain Neuvel’s genre-bending sci-fi thriller is a dark and gripping exploration of the amorality of progress and the nature of violence, as seen through the eyes of the women who make that progress possible and the men who are determined to stop them.
Always run, never fight.
Preserve the knowledge.
Survive at all costs.
Take them to the stars.



Sylvain Neuvel’s genre-bending sci-fi thriller is a dark and gripping exploration of the amorality of progress and the nature of violence, as seen through the eyes of the women who make that progress possible and the men who are determined to stop them.
Always run, never fight.
Preserve the knowledge.
Survive at all costs.
Take them to the stars.



Always run, never fight.
Preserve the knowledge.
Survive at all costs.
Take them to the stars.
****

If I try to modify or delete again, I get more sets of multiple copies.The only way to clear it is to delete the entire file from Calibre. The same thing will happen no matter which source I use to get metadata from.

So you see, it isn't so much that information is being blocked by a firewall or an ant-virus program. At least it would seem that way to me, but what do I know? Not much with regard to this issue. What I know is that for the longest time I have used calibre with no problems and have wholeheartedly recommended it to anyone and everyone who I think might benefit from using it, so I don't understand what is causing it to act up now. I am not one who goes in and tweaks settings and in fact, I hardly install plug-ins because I'm not even sure I understand what they do half the time.

So there you have it. I hope I was able to clearly describe what is happening and the steps I go through to try to get it corrected. I would love it if someone out there had dealt with this before and could say, "Oh yeah. Easy fix. Just click..."