Bulk downloading of metadata and covers

mom34spartan · 05-09-2014, 10:06 PM

All of a sudden my Calibre will not download metadata or covers on newly added books. Did I miss an upgrade or something. Haven't changed any settings.

This is what I get:

theducks · 05-09-2014, 11:35 PM

I see that all those the titles have extra stuff in the title field which is probably confusing the search.

I have found that I get better results with just the simple basics.
Title, not title and sub-title or series
Author (editor for collections), not Author and illustrator...
Publisher, blank rather than wrong
Language, blank, or correct

BetterRed · 05-10-2014, 01:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

I see that all those the titles have extra stuff in the title field which is probably confusing the search.

I have found that I get better results with just the simple basics.
Title, not title and sub-title or series
Author (editor for collections), not Author and illustrator...
Publisher, blank rather than wrong
Language, blank, or correct

Also helps if you can fill in the ISBN, there's a plugin to help do that, Extract ISBN (← click)

BR

DoctorOhh · 05-10-2014, 05:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mom34spartan

All of a sudden my Calibre will not download metadata or covers on newly added books. Did I miss an upgrade or something. Haven't changed any settings.

If you insist on storing non-title info in the title field then grab the metadata / covers before you screw up the title field. If you still have problems with the title field correct then click the copy to clipboard button (instead of a screenshot) and paste the info in a post so we can see what is happening.

theducks · 05-10-2014, 10:24 AM

@Dr Ohh

I was going to post saying 'Don't ever' put series in ( ) as part of a title field.
I decided to test before I posted, least I wear (more) egg.

With just the (root) Title and author filled in

My very first test case returned the title as

title (series)

*root title = stripped of series and subtitle
eg. War World: Death's Head Rebellioneg
eg. ABC an Xyz Mystery

I strip in most case (there are always exceptions

1636: The Devil's Opera or Man-Kizn Wars XIV)

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05-09-2014, 11:35 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,973 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I see that all those the titles have extra stuff in the title field which is probably confusing the search. I have found that I get better results with just the simple basics. Title, not title and sub-title or series Author (editor for collections), not Author and illustrator... Publisher, blank rather than wrong Language, blank, or correct

05-10-2014, 10:24 AM	#5
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,973 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	@Dr Ohh I was going to post saying 'Don't ever' put series in ( ) as part of a title field. I decided to test before I posted, least I wear (more) egg. With just the (root) Title and author filled in My very first test case returned the title as title (series) *root title = stripped of series and subtitle eg. War World: Death's Head Rebellioneg eg. ABC an Xyz Mystery I strip in most case (there are always exceptions 1636: The Devil's Opera or Man-Kizn Wars XIV)

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