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robroseknows · 12-12-2024, 11:07 PM

I am trying to move my ebook library into Calibre. I buy most of my eBooks from Humble Bundles or J Novel Club, and most of the time the ePubs they provide are well-formatted with good metadata already included.

I would like a way to read that metadata from the Ebook file itself into Calibre. I don't like using the downloader, as it frequently finds the wrong books and screws up my covers. I want to make sure I at the very least have an accurate ISBN for every eBook so that when I go to download other metadata, it's the correct book.

For example, a recent book had the tag

Code:

<dc:source id="src-id">urn:isbn:9781632360564</dc:source>

in it's metadata, but Calibre didn't add that to the book's ids. Instead the ids field is blank.

I tried using the Extract ISBN plugin, but that didn't work either, because the manga has the imprint page formatted as an image rather than text.

This is honestly very frustrating as I'd love to use Calibre, but I have no idea how to actually guarantee accurate metadata.

12-12-2024, 11:07 PM	#1
robroseknows Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2024 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	How can I read metadata into Calibre directly from an Epub? I am trying to move my ebook library into Calibre. I buy most of my eBooks from Humble Bundles or J Novel Club, and most of the time the ePubs they provide are well-formatted with good metadata already included. I would like a way to read that metadata from the Ebook file itself into Calibre. I don't like using the downloader, as it frequently finds the wrong books and screws up my covers. I want to make sure I at the very least have an accurate ISBN for every eBook so that when I go to download other metadata, it's the correct book. For example, a recent book had the tag Code: <dc:source id="src-id">urn:isbn:9781632360564</dc:source> in it's metadata, but Calibre didn't add that to the book's ids. Instead the ids field is blank. I tried using the Extract ISBN plugin, but that didn't work either, because the manga has the imprint page formatted as an image rather than text. This is honestly very frustrating as I'd love to use Calibre, but I have no idea how to actually guarantee accurate metadata.