Correcting metadata/cover errors

Hairy Scot · 10-08-2013, 06:18 PM

I am new to eBooks and Calibre so please forgive me if this seems like a stupid question.
I have a large collection of books which I imported from various friends into my Calibre Library.
A lot of the metadata and covers were wrong so I used the "Download Metadata and Covers" option to sort this out, and in the majority of cases this fixed the problem, but I was left with a number of entries that were still wrong.
The only way I can find to remedy this is to go through my library list checking the covers and then updating the metadata and cover for those that are wrong.
Anyone know of a faster approach?
It would be helpful if Calibre had a cover display like the one in Calibre Companion.
Is there perhaps a plugin or other facility that could provide such a display?

davidfor · 10-08-2013, 06:39 PM

Unfortunately, it will probably come down to checking books individually and fixing. But, the Quality Check plugin has a lot of function to help find the books with bad or missing metadata.

And calibre does have a cover display. In the bottom right corner of the window there are a few icons. Pressing them changes the calibre display. One is the "Cover Grid".

Hairy Scot · 10-08-2013, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

Unfortunately, it will probably come down to checking books individually and fixing. But, the Quality Check plugin has a lot of function to help find the books with bad or missing metadata.

And calibre does have a cover display. In the bottom right corner of the window there are a few icons. Pressing them changes the calibre display. One is the "Cover Grid".

Sabardeyn · 10-09-2013, 04:27 PM

You will find over time that no matter how good a book's metadata is right from the start, you're going to want to tweak things so that the library is optimized for your usage.

10-08-2013, 06:18 PM	#1
Hairy Scot Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2013 Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9	Correcting metadata/cover errors I am new to eBooks and Calibre so please forgive me if this seems like a stupid question. I have a large collection of books which I imported from various friends into my Calibre Library. A lot of the metadata and covers were wrong so I used the "Download Metadata and Covers" option to sort this out, and in the majority of cases this fixed the problem, but I was left with a number of entries that were still wrong. The only way I can find to remedy this is to go through my library list checking the covers and then updating the metadata and cover for those that are wrong. Anyone know of a faster approach? It would be helpful if Calibre had a cover display like the one in Calibre Companion. Is there perhaps a plugin or other facility that could provide such a display?

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10-08-2013, 06:39 PM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Unfortunately, it will probably come down to checking books individually and fixing. But, the Quality Check plugin has a lot of function to help find the books with bad or missing metadata. And calibre does have a cover display. In the bottom right corner of the window there are a few icons. Pressing them changes the calibre display. One is the "Cover Grid".

10-09-2013, 04:27 PM	#4
Sabardeyn Guru Posts: 644 Karma: 1242364 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Right Coast Device: PC (Calibre), Nexus 7 2013 (Moon+ Pro), HTC HD2/Leo (Freda)	You will find over time that no matter how good a book's metadata is right from the start, you're going to want to tweak things so that the library is optimized for your usage.

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