ISBN ending in X?

[eezergoode]

I've noticed a small problem with Calibre, with the rare ISBN number ending in X.

Instead of giving me a check mark in the ISBN column, it displays the ISBN in full. Not a huge problem, and other than that, I am in love with this program. I was just wondering if maybe I was doing something wrong, or if calibre doesn't recognize ISBN numbers ending in X?

Although not common, it IS a legitimate ISBN number... http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/i.../isbnqa.asp#Q5

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by eezergoode

I've noticed a small problem with Calibre, with the rare ISBN number ending in X.

Instead of giving me a check mark in the ISBN column, it displays the ISBN in full.

I am running calibre 0.8.17 and I as far as I can see I don't have an ISBN column with or without check marks. I'm curious, how are you populating the column?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by eezergoode

I've noticed a small problem with Calibre, with the rare ISBN number ending in X.

Instead of giving me a check mark in the ISBN column, it displays the ISBN in full. Not a huge problem, and other than that, I am in love with this program. I was just wondering if maybe I was doing something wrong, or if calibre doesn't recognize ISBN numbers ending in X?

Although not common, it IS a legitimate ISBN number... http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/i.../isbnqa.asp#Q5

X is a valid Mod11 check digit.
Calibre will accept ISBN-10 with a X (when it belongs ) in the last place.

BTW Is this happening in a Custom column

I have not (yet) seen the visual artifact you mentioned. I think Metadata lookup usually replaces it with a ISBN-13 in most cases.

[eezergoode]

@dwanthny :

It is the standard ISBN column, if you aren't seeing it, you may not have it enabled, or it could be off the right edge of your screen.



@theducks

Well, since I just downloaded and installed Calibre, I'm assuming I have the most recent version (as of three days ago), so I am guessing that the isbn itself is not valid.... I've only found the problem with e-book exclusive titles.

An example is 'Book of Days' by Sara Reinke, ISBN 1-55404-295-X according to the book itself.

EDIT: Well, that book is no longer an issue, dug around and found an ISBN-13 for it, for some reason it was nowhere to be found in the metadata search. I've a theory now that possibly Calibre doesn't like the X ending and automatically chooses the ISBN 13 in those cases... when it is not able to find it is when i get the problem. On a side not, I feel ripped off.. I found the book for over a dollar less than I paid during my search for the ISBN

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by eezergoode

@dwanthny : It is the standard ISBN column, if you aren't seeing it, you may not have it enabled, or it could be off the right edge of your screen.

When I review (see attached) the list of calibre and user defined columns I don't see a "standard" ISBN column and I couldn't have deleted it since calibre doesn't let you delete non-user defined columns.

Update: I took a second and looked around, calibre does not have a ISBN column by default but under create custom column it does have a "quick create" feature to allow you to create a custom column called ISBN. So I don't have it because I never created a custom column for ISBN.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by eezergoode

@dwanthny :

It is the standard ISBN column, if you aren't seeing it, you may not have it enabled, or it could be off the right edge of your screen.



@theducks

Well, since I just downloaded and installed Calibre, I'm assuming I have the most recent version (as of three days ago), so I am guessing that the isbn itself is not valid.... I've only found the problem with e-book exclusive titles.

An example is 'Book of Days' by Sara Reinke, ISBN 1-55404-295-X according to the book itself.

EDIT: Well, that book is no longer an issue, dug around and found an ISBN-13 for it, for some reason it was nowhere to be found in the metadata search. I've a theory now that possibly Calibre doesn't like the X ending and automatically chooses the ISBN 13 in those cases... when it is not able to find it is when i get the problem. On a side not, I feel ripped off.. I found the book for over a dollar less than I paid during my search for the ISBN

Hmm! Calibre computes (green color) the ISBN as correct, but the search does not find it. You might submit a bug report of Fetch Metadata on ISBN 10 ending in X

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by theducks

Hmm! Calibre computes (green color) the ISBN as correct, but the search does not find it. You might submit a bug report of Fetch Metadata on ISBN 10 ending in X

I created a empty book and used that isbn and the only metadata hit was from Barnes and Noble, Book of Days by Sara Reinke. Upon download of the metadata the isbn was changed to 9781554042951. Downloading again with this isbn gathered metadata from the usual suspects.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by dwanthny

I created a empty book and used that isbn and the only metadata hit was from Barnes and Noble, Book of Days by Sara Reinke. Upon download of the metadata the isbn was changed to 9781554042951. Downloading again with this isbn gathered metadata from the usual suspects.

Hmmm. I got an No Metadata error. Must be a West Coast vs South-east coast thing

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by theducks

Hmmm. I got an No Metadata error. Must be a West Coast vs South-east coast thing

More likely, dwannthy has the B&N plugin and you do not.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

More likely, dwannthy has the B&N plugin and you do not.

Bingo! I won't buy from B&N (which now leaves me with NO DT Bookstore in the area), which is why I would not have installed the PI.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by theducks

Bingo! I won't buy from B&N (which now leaves me with NO DT Bookstore in the area), which is why I would not have installed the PI.

You don't need to buy from them to use their metadata or covers.

For metadata I have Amazon, B&N, Fantastic Fiction and Goodreads checked.

[eezergoode]

Hmm.. I don't recall ever creating an ISBN column, but I guess thta must be what I did. <shrug>.

I don't have the BN plugin either, I may have to look into it. I don't usually shop at BN either, but I'm all for anything that gives me more info on my books.


And just want to add what a great community this is. Most of the forums I frequent are gaming forums, and even though a lot of the people are great, there are also a lot of... less than awesome people there.

[theducks]

ISBN (actually, it is now called Id's) is in the Metadata-edit screen. Some folk want to stare at ONLY an ISBN and have created a column which can also be populated from data extracted from ID's using REGEX part of the Search and Replace tab.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by theducks

Some folk want to stare at ONLY an ISBN and have created a column which can also be populated from data extracted from ID's using REGEX part of the Search and Replace tab.

FYI, No fancy regex required, the Custom Column Quick create (part of calibre) uses the following simple template

{identifiers:select(isbn)}

to populate the column.