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Old 02-16-2026, 03:06 PM   #1
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Exclamation Bug - Amazon Metadata series # incorrect
Today I noticed any book that I get metadata for from Amazon in a series that the series book number is incorrect

i.e. I get metadata for book #2 of series XYZ (8 total books in this series)

The metadata Calibre gets from Amazon says its book #8

Every book in any series the Amazon metadata returns the incorrect book number. (# = # of last book in series)

I assume the parsing of the metadata needs a tweak.


I am still using Calibre 8.16.2. (I will wait a couple more months to be sure the bugs are worked out of 9 before upgrading.)
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Old 02-16-2026, 03:15 PM   #2
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Today I noticed any book that I get metadata for from Amazon in a series that the series book number is incorrect

i.e. I get metadata for book #2 of series XYZ (8 total books in this series)

The metadata Calibre gets from Amazon says its book #8

Every book in any series the Amazon metadata returns the incorrect book number. (# = # of last book in series)

I assume the parsing of the metadata needs a tweak.


I am still using Calibre 8.16.2. (I will wait a couple more months to be sure the bugs are worked out of 9 before upgrading.)
How do you know this has not been fixed in version 9.x?
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Old 02-16-2026, 03:30 PM   #3
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I have no way of knowing. I would have assumed it was a Amazon metadata parsing issue as opposed to a Calibre issue.

This appeaers only when Amazon is the metadata source. If the source comes from Goodreads And Amazon it is correct
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I have no way of knowing. I would have assumed it was a Amazon metadata parsing issue as opposed to a Calibre issue.

This appeaers only when Amazon is the metadata source. If the source comes from Goodreads And Amazon it is correct
So why not go for 9.x? It won't be any worse.
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9.0 has been out for 2 weeks, I generally wait a month or two before switching to major version changes. (In all programs, not just Calibre.)
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9.0 has been out for 2 weeks, I generally wait a month or two before switching to major version changes. (In all programs, not just Calibre.)
But calibre was in beta test for a while. And it's almost 3 weeks since 9.0 was released.
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For what it may be worth, I've had issues with series indexes from Amazon for quite a while now. The series index seems to be stuck at 1 or the last number in the series.
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Today I noticed any book that I get metadata for from Amazon in a series that the series book number is incorrect

i.e. I get metadata for book #2 of series XYZ (8 total books in this series)

The metadata Calibre gets from Amazon says its book #8

Every book in any series the Amazon metadata returns the incorrect book number. (# = # of last book in series)

I assume the parsing of the metadata needs a tweak.


I am still using Calibre 8.16.2. (I will wait a couple more months to be sure the bugs are worked out of 9 before upgrading.)
If you regard it as a calibre Bug you should report it as such, see ==>> calibre - Bugs

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Old 02-16-2026, 07:50 PM   #9
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One item I forgot to mention is that the series index is coming from Amazon. For calibre, it GIGO.
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Post a link to an example book where it gets the wrong number.
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Lost Coast: A Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Thriller by Camille Picott
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This is book 3 but Calibre's matadata from Amazon returns book 4 (The last book in the series) which is "Fort Dead"

The GoodReads metadata returns #3 But it comes up on a separate line.

Most entries where the Amazon and GoodReads are combined to the same line in the metadata selection screen returns the correct Series #
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I used to get Series from Fantastic Fiction, but connectivity has becom an issue, so having another source
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