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Unseen Entities · 01-23-2023, 07:24 AM

1. Does downloading Identifiers before downloading the rest of your metadata improve how thorough your subsequent metadata is?

For example, select a book, ctrl+D, Configure Download, Metadata Fields to Download: Select None. Then on the next download configure it to Select All metadata.

2. When Reviewing Downloaded Metadata you can long-press the arrow for Identifiers and there is a separate Merge Identifiers option.

It seems like by default Calibre (5.44) already merges my current Identifiers with downloaded ones. When would you want to use this function?

01-23-2023, 07:24 AM	#1
Unseen Entities Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2023 Device: kindle	Get Identifiers before downloading other metadata? Redunant ID merge option? 1. Does downloading Identifiers before downloading the rest of your metadata improve how thorough your subsequent metadata is? For example, select a book, ctrl+D, Configure Download, Metadata Fields to Download: Select None. Then on the next download configure it to Select All metadata. 2. When Reviewing Downloaded Metadata you can long-press the arrow for Identifiers and there is a separate Merge Identifiers option. It seems like by default Calibre (5.44) already merges my current Identifiers with downloaded ones. When would you want to use this function? Last edited by Unseen Entities; 02-04-2023 at 07:10 AM.