[GUI Plugin] Extract ISBN

[Robert78]

Originally Posted by kiwidude

Nothing has changed in this version of the plugin as far as how metadata is updated. If you are seeing a different behaviour I believe it is because (a) you are now seeing an ISBN being extracted where it was being missed previously (due to the change I made), and/or (b) you are also using a different calibre version.

I don't see this behaviour myself, and it is impossible to guess if you don't actually include log file output, calibre version and do some basic testing yourself - does it happen for all books, is whether they currently have an ISBN relevant, is it epubs or PDFs or both etc.

I upgraded again and same problem.
My current Calibre version 7.17.0
I tried on a book and I get this (some values changed):

Starting job: Extraire l'ISBN pour 1 livres
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Title: xxxxxxx
Format: EPUB
Path: D:\xxxxx\xxxx\xxxxxxx\The xxxxxxx.epub
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Scanning first 10, then last 5, then remaining 19 files
Valid ISBN13: 9780262946904
Valid ISBN13: 9780262946898
Valid ISBN13: 9780262946904
Valid ISBN13: 9780262946911
Invalid ISBN match: 2019938809
Scan time: 1.45 secs
The isbn was found in 1.45 secs
New ISBN extracted of: 9782062946904
================================================== =
Scan complete, with 0 failures

https://ibb.co/SNHvsHg

[kiwidude]

Release Notes:
https://github.com/kiwidude68/calibr...ct_isbn-v1.6.5

Without being able to replicate the title missing issue this is a change to the only code that could be remotely relevant.

[Bertrand]

v1.6.5 - It looks like it's working again.

Thank you kiwidude !

[Collie]

I only just discovered this plug-in thanks to a mention in the goodreads metadata thread. This makes metadata downloading a lot less frustrating. Thanks!

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by Collie

I only just discovered this plug-in thanks to a mention in the goodreads metadata thread. This makes metadata downloading a lot less frustrating. Thanks!

Lol, another person who gets super-weird results when matching by title/author?

[Collie]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Lol, another person who gets super-weird results when matching by title/author?

Sometimes, yes. But also nearly impossible to get goodreads to return the correct version. This has improved that a lot.

[MetalCrux]

Hi, I absolutely love the plugin However I do Have 1 Problem.

Wehen I extract the ISBN from my book (non english version) and then do the
"Download Metadata and Cover" actions from Calibre it sometimes overwrites the ISBN found in the book, with an ISBN for the english version.

However i Cant fiund a checkmark to stop the auto action of ISBN.

What Am I missing?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by MetalCrux

Hi, I absolutely love the plugin However I do Have 1 Problem.

Wehen I extract the ISBN from my book (non english version) and then do the
"Download Metadata and Cover" actions from Calibre it sometimes overwrites the ISBN found in the book, with an ISBN for the english version.

However i Cant fiund a checkmark to stop the auto action of ISBN.

What Am I missing?

IMHO these are the cases where Auto (the MDE is take all or abort) is to be avoided.

You might be able to fine tune (configure selected source) which source supplies what field.
FWIW I switched to using the ctrl-D version AND then using the Review... Button to see (and put back my versions ) each field. Unfortunately Custom columns are not availble on this method. OTOH there is a pulldown on the target to allow use of existing values (Authors,tags...)
I do wish there was a 'Leave blank' (do not enter icon) when a found field value was also not acceptable.
This method has a MERGE on the Identifiers arrow, so you could have multiples You can only have 1 of any type (ISBN)

[ownedbycats]

Two suggestions:

- In the scan log, list a bit of text before and after the ISBN. This way the user can easily pick out which one is the actual ISBN when they also list other editons.

- The blue colour is not readable in dark mode. Maybe change it.