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I would like to add ID's (identifiers) in bulk to multiple books at the same time. I am referring to the URL based ID's, like ISBN, Amazon, Google. Not the internal Calibre database ID.

I know there is a search and replace in the 'edit metadata in bulk' section. But that does not simply add the same ID to multiple books. That searches for one ID and then allows you to replace it. I don't see any option to just add the same ID to a selection of books at the same time.

Normally an ID will take you to a webpage for that specific book. But there are times where an author has written multiple books in a series and I'd rather not add an exact link one at a time to each entry. For instance, both Fantastic Fiction and Goodreads have a page set up for an entire series by an author. I would like to add that page link to an entire series all at once. Think Piers Anthony Xanth series, I would be perfectly happy having one link to a series page for all the books. Adding a direct book page link to each of them one at a time would get tedious, fast.

Is something like that possible? I don't see the option in edit metadata in bulk. I tried Job Spy plug in, but that doesn't really do what I'm after. And I can't really find an option in any other plugin. Even adding a custom column doesn't seem to allow me to add one based on URL type ID's, it will only pull in the same data that is currently in the id field already. Is there some other custom column option to add clickable links thereby bypassing the ID entry?