Using Calibre for physical library cataloging. Possible to pull Amazon price info?

toddmp · 09-20-2014, 07:25 PM

Hi, I have inherited from 5k to 10k books from my in-laws estate. For the family I am currently scanning and entering the ISBN info into excel but would like to dump those into Calibre to have it pull the metadata for me so the family can browse what was in the library. I know how to do all of that. However, part of this process would involve selling off portions nobody wants. Is it possible to have Calibre pull highest and lowest selling price from amazon and display it somehow?

todd

theducks · 09-20-2014, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by toddmp

Hi, I have inherited from 5k to 10k books from my in-laws estate. For the family I am currently scanning and entering the ISBN info into excel but would like to dump those into Calibre to have it pull the metadata for me so the family can browse what was in the library. I know how to do all of that. However, part of this process would involve selling off portions nobody wants. Is it possible to have Calibre pull highest and lowest selling price from amazon and display it somehow?

todd

slightly

If you are scanning the ISBN

If you see a 2 section Barcode:
The big part is ISBN the supplemental MAY be price (not always set) with a leading Currency indicator and ASSUMED 2decimals.

50799 =US$ $7.99

toddmp · 09-21-2014, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

slightly

If you are scanning the ISBN

If you see a 2 section Barcode:
The big part is ISBN the supplemental MAY be price (not always set) with a leading Currency indicator and ASSUMED 2decimals.

50799 =US$ $7.99

good bit of info, thanks. still hoping one of the plugins can pull current price info.

theducks · 09-21-2014, 11:47 AM

I almost forgot this one

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...05&postcount=1
which scrapes a Web site. You only need to add your get price tweak in the (user) configuration section

toddmp · 09-21-2014, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

I almost forgot this one

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...05&postcount=1
which scrapes a Web site. You only need to add your get price tweak in the (user) configuration section

thanks, will check that one out!

09-20-2014, 07:25 PM	#1
toddmp Member Posts: 15 Karma: 194 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: Kindle PW	Using Calibre for physical library cataloging. Possible to pull Amazon price info? Hi, I have inherited from 5k to 10k books from my in-laws estate. For the family I am currently scanning and entering the ISBN info into excel but would like to dump those into Calibre to have it pull the metadata for me so the family can browse what was in the library. I know how to do all of that. However, part of this process would involve selling off portions nobody wants. Is it possible to have Calibre pull highest and lowest selling price from amazon and display it somehow? todd

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,925 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 almost forgot this one https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...05&postcount=1 which scrapes a Web site. You only need to add your get price tweak in the (user) configuration section

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