How to capture a book title on Amazon in a "To be read" list?

rjalex · 12-16-2016, 07:07 AM

I sometimes find an interesting book on Amazon which I still do not own.

I'd like to keep a pipeline of books I'd might acquire in the future.

Is there some way of "automatically" capturing them from the amazon page into calibre into a "Interesting to buy" list?

I tried the Reading list plugin but I'm not sure I can apply it to books I still don't own.

Thank you.

BetterRed · 12-16-2016, 02:59 PM

@rjalex - if you can copy the ISBN(s) into your clipboard from somewhere (Amazon, Goodreads, Publisher etc) you could use the Add Books->Add from ISBN option.

In its basic usage it will create an empty book (one with no format files) and initiate a metadata download to 'fill in the blanks'. Example - I entered this ISBN '9781408803011', which resulted in this.

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From there you could add the book to a 'Books to get' reading list, or if you create a 'Books to get' Virtual Library with a search term of formats:"false" it'll be there courtesy of your neighbourhood Knarl.

BR

davidfor · 12-16-2016, 06:17 PM

The Import List plugin can take a web page and parse it to get books. These can be added to the library or update books already in the library. It comes with a long list of predefined sites. I don't know if the one you are interested in is included, or you can add new sites yourself.

12-16-2016, 07:07 AM	#1
rjalex Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: kindle 3	How to capture a book title on Amazon in a "To be read" list? I sometimes find an interesting book on Amazon which I still do not own. I'd like to keep a pipeline of books I'd might acquire in the future. Is there some way of "automatically" capturing them from the amazon page into calibre into a "Interesting to buy" list? I tried the Reading list plugin but I'm not sure I can apply it to books I still don't own. Thank you.

12-16-2016, 02:59 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,660 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@rjalex - if you can copy the ISBN(s) into your clipboard from somewhere (Amazon, Goodreads, Publisher etc) you could use the Add Books->Add from ISBN option. In its basic usage it will create an empty book (one with no format files) and initiate a metadata download to 'fill in the blanks'. Example - I entered this ISBN '9781408803011', which resulted in this. From there you could add the book to a 'Books to get' reading list, or if you create a 'Books to get' Virtual Library with a search term of formats:"false" it'll be there courtesy of your neighbourhood Knarl. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 12-16-2016 at 03:03 PM.

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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	The Import List plugin can take a web page and parse it to get books. These can be added to the library or update books already in the library. It comes with a long list of predefined sites. I don't know if the one you are interested in is included, or you can add new sites yourself.

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