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Old 06-16-2026, 09:28 AM   #1
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Download Metadata - Published: Unknown
I have been lately getting "Published: Unknown" when downloading metadata. Even with recent known books that exist in Amazon, Goodreads, etc.

My metadata sources are:
  • Amazon.com
  • Goodreads
  • Google
  • Open Library

EDIT: Looks like the only source returning results in most cases is Google and I had not configured the plugin to fetch Publisher and Published Date. Now I get both values.

But still, strange that other sources do not return anything, even with a valid isbn.

Which are, in your opinion, the best plugins to fetch metadata?
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Old 06-16-2026, 11:37 AM   #2
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Goodreads has upped the security so it no longer works. Amazon has always been hit or miss and mostly miss. Open Library is worthless if it works.

I don't know about Google.
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Old 06-16-2026, 12:02 PM   #3
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I liked Barnes & Noble when it used to work but it looks like it doesn’t anymore and just slows down fetching metadata.

So what are good alternatives?
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Old 06-16-2026, 04:16 PM   #4
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My options for metadata download are:
  1. Amazon from Amazon servers
  2. Kobo Metadata
  3. Romance.io (my spouse's favourite)
  4. Baen (more for historical reasons)

For book covers:
  1. Apple Books covers
  2. Kindle hi-res covers
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My options for metadata download are:
  1. Amazon from Amazon servers
  2. Kobo Metadata
  3. Smashwords Metadata
  4. Romance.io (my spouse's favourite)
  5. Baen (more for historical reasons)

For book covers:
  1. Apple Books covers
  2. Kindle hi-res covers
The Smashwords plugin no longer works. basically, they changed the site so that you need to login to do a search.
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