|  12-09-2021, 08:58 PM | #1 | 
| Custom User Title            Posts: 11,342 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD | 
				
				Prevent overwriting of ISBN when downloading metadata
			 
			
			Sometimes when I download metadata for a book, it also grabs an ISBN that's attached to a different edition of the book than I have.  If I'm downloading in bulk, I can use merge to prevent overwriting. But in single-download, the only option is to undo, which also removes the other downloaded identifiers. Any idea what to do? | 
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|  12-09-2021, 09:25 PM | #2 | 
| creator of calibre            Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various | 
			
			Copy the other identifier, undo, then paste
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|  12-09-2021, 09:36 PM | #3 | 
| Custom User Title            Posts: 11,342 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD | 
			
			Or copy the old ISBN before downloading. That'll work. Thank you.
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