MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Limit the number of batch download metadata in one go

Mr_H_Poirot · 08-19-2026, 02:30 AM

Ultimately, if these sites don't want to be scraped they will put blockers in. And, tbh, fair enough. They do have bandwidth constraints.

I'll let users of this service opine on whether it is a problem. I personally would never want to use someone else's metadata which might have all sorts of categories I don't like or would conflict with my own. I like to catalogue all my books myself and don't really get why someone would want to bulk download like that

But then I have less than a 1000 books in my library (mainly those off Standard ebooks and Gutenberg)

08-19-2026, 02:30 AM	#4
Mr_H_Poirot Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 16722 Join Date: Mar 2025 Device: Kobo Clara BW	Ultimately, if these sites don't want to be scraped they will put blockers in. And, tbh, fair enough. They do have bandwidth constraints. I'll let users of this service opine on whether it is a problem. I personally would never want to use someone else's metadata which might have all sorts of categories I don't like or would conflict with my own. I like to catalogue all my books myself and don't really get why someone would want to bulk download like that But then I have less than a 1000 books in my library (mainly those off Standard ebooks and Gutenberg)