Add books ... with more control

Doum · 12-27-2022, 06:29 AM

Hi,
I want to add book but with somes changes :
- modifiy Title (remove "(French Edition )" inside )
- modify comment ( remove blanck line "<p></p>" show in htlm)

Have you an idea ?

I found rules for TAG or AUTHORS but nothing for TITLE or COMMENT

Thanks for your help

theducks · 12-27-2022, 07:14 AM

Why does all that have to be done with ADD?
That over complicates the process to (safely) handle all the edge cases.
'Auto-incorrect' comes to mind when slam-bam fixing is employed. Take time and do it per book---once (

leave a note in comments about (reason for?) fails so you don't keep wasting time and again on that book. You will also learn ways around/causes that may cause this to happen. A straight Get Metadata may not be the way (I do a lot of copy from other sources and past into the proper places in the MDE)

Bulk mode (2 or more books selected) MDE:

Search and replace to fix various field values
Use of the various ticks for other common(ish) tasks
Swap fields, compute sorts, extract covers...

Use the Quality Check Plugin to Find lots of Metadata issues and the Fix section to fix Author format data issues

Use the Tag Browser (sidebar) (Manage for major correcting sessions) to fix case or spelling issues (the tag browser edits the linked lookup values used in the MDE. Fix it there and all existing uses get fixed. Fix it in the MDE and only selected get fixed.

12-27-2022, 06:29 AM	#1
Doum Connoisseur Posts: 66 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2020 Device: Kobo Aura HD	Add books ... with more control Hi, I want to add book but with somes changes : - modifiy Title (remove "(French Edition )" inside ) - modify comment ( remove blanck line "<p></p>" show in htlm) Have you an idea ? I found rules for TAG or AUTHORS but nothing for TITLE or COMMENT Thanks for your help

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12-27-2022, 07:14 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,271 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Why does all that have to be done with ADD? That over complicates the process to (safely) handle all the edge cases. 'Auto-incorrect' comes to mind when slam-bam fixing is employed. Take time and do it per book---once ( leave a note in comments about (reason for?) fails so you don't keep wasting time and again on that book. You will also learn ways around/causes that may cause this to happen. A straight Get Metadata may not be the way (I do a lot of copy from other sources and past into the proper places in the MDE) Bulk mode (2 or more books selected) MDE: Search and replace to fix various field values Use of the various ticks for other common(ish) tasks Swap fields, compute sorts, extract covers... Use the Quality Check Plugin to Find lots of Metadata issues and the Fix section to fix Author format data issues Use the Tag Browser (sidebar) (Manage for major correcting sessions) to fix case or spelling issues (the tag browser edits the linked lookup values used in the MDE. Fix it there and all existing uses get fixed. Fix it in the MDE and only selected get fixed.

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