Thread: [Metadata Source Plugin] Goodreads
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Old 01-29-2023, 04:15 PM   #673
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Originally Posted by kiwidude View Post
The problem is the website search engines, if you *don’t* help them out before your metadata download by setting goodreads ids etc. Which I am willing to bet is how the majority of the plugin users work with their books - they rely on a title/author search match to pull back the right metadata. Which can sometimes go wrong due to for instance that specific book not yet being on the goodreads website and it presents it’s nearest match instead.
Does this indicate that the GR plugin doesn't use ISBNs? I thought it did.
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