"Has Summary" comes from where?

anamardoll · 02-21-2012, 04:12 PM

Where is Calibre getting the "Has Summary" data and how can I insert it for my <edit>self published</edit> book? I've placed a summary description with both Bowker and Amazon, but Calibre isn't pulling it so it would seem I've failed to put the information somewhere.

theducks · 02-21-2012, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by anamardoll

Where is Calibre getting the "Has Summary" data and how can I insert it for my book? I've placed a summary description with both Bowker and Amazon, but Calibre isn't pulling it so it would seem I've failed to put the information somewhere.

Has summary (when ticked and showing) Is Called COMMENTS

anamardoll · 02-21-2012, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

Has summary (when ticked and showing) Is Called COMMENTS

I'm sorry, I'm not being clear. I'm an indie author. I want to know where Calibre retrieves the data so I can go out to the internet and PUT it there.

theducks · 02-21-2012, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by anamardoll

I'm sorry, I'm not being clear. I'm an indie author. I want to know where Calibre retrieves the data so I can go out to the internet and PUT it there.

Each Metadata download sources has a configuration of 'what' it gets from each source. (Were they actually scrape this, only the crew knows).

When I get a book that has no source (like you showed), I now use the search the Internet PI and find 'a source' I then do a normal (editor) Select the text: Copy and then paste into the Comments.

CWatkinsNash · 02-21-2012, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by anamardoll

Where is Calibre getting the "Has Summary" data and how can I insert it for my <edit>self published</edit> book? I've placed a summary description with both Bowker and Amazon, but Calibre isn't pulling it so it would seem I've failed to put the information somewhere.

The Amazon summary is being scraped from the description section of the product page.

Are you using the most recent version of calibre? A change was made in the last version to adjust to changes made on Amazon product pages. In the previous few versions, pulling the book summaries was very iffy, but in the latest version it's working almost 100%.

CWatkinsNash · 02-21-2012, 05:02 PM

Update - using the latest version of calibre I get the attached result.

anamardoll · 02-21-2012, 05:22 PM

Spot on, thank you. An update did the trick. Thanks!

ETA: But how does yours say B&N and the rest? My metadata sources are much fewer.

CWatkinsNash · 02-21-2012, 05:30 PM

You're welcome!

ilovejedd · 02-21-2012, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by anamardoll

ETA: But how does yours say B&N and the rest? My metadata sources are much fewer.

Plugins. I use Goodreads for my primary metadata source.

anamardoll · 02-21-2012, 05:53 PM

Thank you!

wallcraft · 02-21-2012, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by anamardoll

But how does yours say B&N and the rest? My metadata sources are much fewer.

Browse the plugin updater for plugins that add metadata. I have B&N, Fantastic Fiction, Goodreads, and Webscriptions. There are also several plugins for non-english metadata.

Divingduck · 02-24-2012, 05:13 AM

Only a short remark, critic to the commercial area or even a proposal for this discussion:
The best way to have good metadata (book description, author, ISBN, publishing date, genre, etc.) is to put them in the metadata section of your eBook.
As reader I am very often really disappointed about the scrappy summaries and metadata I receive from amazon and others sources. And I am often wondering about why publisher are not using or still ignoring the metadata section in an eBook. I would be more than happy to get rid of these very often second-hand scrap and get the information directly first-hand from the eBook metadata.
It would be really nice to see that Indi authors are able to support correct metadata in their eBooks instead of what we have to accept from the commercial area.

02-21-2012, 04:12 PM	#1
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	"Has Summary" comes from where? Where is Calibre getting the "Has Summary" data and how can I insert it for my <edit>self published</edit> book? I've placed a summary description with both Bowker and Amazon, but Calibre isn't pulling it so it would seem I've failed to put the information somewhere. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by anamardoll; 02-21-2012 at 04:32 PM.

02-21-2012, 05:02 PM	#6
CWatkinsNash IOC Chief Archivist Posts: 3,950 Karma: 53868218 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fruitland Park, FL, USA Device: Meebook M7, Paperwhite 2021, Fire HD 8+, Fire HD 10+, Lenovo Tab P12	Update - using the latest version of calibre I get the attached result. Attached Thumbnails

02-21-2012, 05:22 PM	#7
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Spot on, thank you. An update did the trick. Thanks! ETA: But how does yours say B&N and the rest? My metadata sources are much fewer. Last edited by anamardoll; 02-21-2012 at 05:25 PM.

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