Ratings doesn't really work in Calibre

gabox01 · 04-30-2018, 05:12 PM

Hello,

I have a 300+ book library, that I've collected over the years.
I wanted to use calibre ratings feature to filter out crappy books from my library (ie books with less than 3 stars), unfortunately, the feature doesn't work.

At least 90% of my books are available on Amazon and I have the metadata synced for them in calibre. Yet the rating field is empty most of the time. I only have just a few very popular books where it is present.

I'd like to have the following features:

-Download the ratings from multiple sites, and aggregate them (only Amazon would be fine)
-Don't just show the stars, show the review count as well
-Sort books based on stars and review count. Most stars with highest review count first.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEComm...erReviews.html

gabox01 · 04-30-2018, 05:22 PM

Sorry

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEComm...erReviews.html

kovidgoyal · 04-30-2018, 10:03 PM

As far as I know ratings download from amazon works fine. If you have a particular book(s) for which it does not work, then feel free to post its ASIN/amazon URL and I will take a look.

As for review counts, that's not something I am interested in. But you can easily write a plugin that does it.

Oh and note that calibre does not use the amazon API to get data. APIs cannot be used in general in non-web software since they would require every user to get their own API key.

04-30-2018, 05:12 PM	#1
gabox01 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: gabox01	Ratings doesn't really work in Calibre Hello, I have a 300+ book library, that I've collected over the years. I wanted to use calibre ratings feature to filter out crappy books from my library (ie books with less than 3 stars), unfortunately, the feature doesn't work. At least 90% of my books are available on Amazon and I have the metadata synced for them in calibre. Yet the rating field is empty most of the time. I only have just a few very popular books where it is present. I'd like to have the following features: -Download the ratings from multiple sites, and aggregate them (only Amazon would be fine) -Don't just show the stars, show the review count as well -Sort books based on stars and review count. Most stars with highest review count first. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEComm...erReviews.html

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04-30-2018, 05:22 PM	#2
gabox01 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: gabox01	Sorry https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEComm...erReviews.html

04-30-2018, 10:03 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	As far as I know ratings download from amazon works fine. If you have a particular book(s) for which it does not work, then feel free to post its ASIN/amazon URL and I will take a look. As for review counts, that's not something I am interested in. But you can easily write a plugin that does it. Oh and note that calibre does not use the amazon API to get data. APIs cannot be used in general in non-web software since they would require every user to get their own API key.

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