ISBN Updating

KangaBear · 04-12-2021, 10:27 PM

My DB "ISBN" file is corrupted and I would like to delete this data and then run the Extract ISBN Plugin to refresh the data. How do I delete the existing ISBN Data ? and should I? Am I correct saying that the "Identifiers" field shows all the publishers of a particular book and I should delete this field data as well before running the plugin?
Perhaps I should just go back to reading my books!

ownedbycats · 04-12-2021, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by KangaBear

My DB "ISBN" file is corrupted and I would like to delete this data and then run the Extract ISBN Plugin to refresh the data.

Unfortunately, I don't understand this part. You might want to run Library > Library Maintenance > Check library.

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How do I delete the existing ISBN Data ?

Here's how to do it with search & replace:

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However, in Calibre 5.15 there will be an option to delete an identifier from the tag browser. It's already available when running from source.

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and should I? Am I correct saying that the "Identifiers" field shows all the publishers of a particular book and I should delete this field data as well before running the plugin?

You don't need to. Extract ISBN will overwrite existing ISBNs unless they match.

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Perhaps I should just go back to reading my books!

Nah, micromanagement of metadata is more fun.

KangaBear · 04-13-2021, 09:15 PM

All rebuilt , The library Mtce , check library came back as all ok however I used restore DB after reinstalling Calibre and bingo 80% odd ISBN Data was fixed, Then I ran the extract ISBN Plugin and it filled in most of the missing details. A small number is left 2% however they are from older authors so I can live with that. Now to add 2 columns To be read and Read. I suspect that the Calibre app was corrupted and reinstalling it helped. I didn't do a clean reinstall which worried me .

DNSB · 04-14-2021, 11:05 AM

I would suggest using a single column with multiple fixed values instead of multiple columns for your To be read and Read values.

KangaBear · 04-16-2021, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

I would suggest using a single column with multiple fixed values instead of multiple columns for your To be read and Read values.

Thank you, I am on a steep learning curve.

04-12-2021, 10:27 PM	#1
KangaBear Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Queensland, Australia Device: Kindle	ISBN Updating My DB "ISBN" file is corrupted and I would like to delete this data and then run the Extract ISBN Plugin to refresh the data. How do I delete the existing ISBN Data ? and should I? Am I correct saying that the "Identifiers" field shows all the publishers of a particular book and I should delete this field data as well before running the plugin? Perhaps I should just go back to reading my books!

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04-13-2021, 09:15 PM	#3
KangaBear Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Queensland, Australia Device: Kindle	All rebuilt , The library Mtce , check library came back as all ok however I used restore DB after reinstalling Calibre and bingo 80% odd ISBN Data was fixed, Then I ran the extract ISBN Plugin and it filled in most of the missing details. A small number is left 2% however they are from older authors so I can live with that. Now to add 2 columns To be read and Read. I suspect that the Calibre app was corrupted and reinstalling it helped. I didn't do a clean reinstall which worried me .

04-14-2021, 11:05 AM	#4
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,313 Karma: 169098492 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I would suggest using a single column with multiple fixed values instead of multiple columns for your To be read and Read values.

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