Issue with finding audiobook metadata on Amazon

angelyne · 10-14-2018, 12:21 PM

I use Calibre to manage my audiobook collection. However, when I try to do a metadata lookup on Amazon, it almost never finds the audiobook version of the book even though the information is there. What I have been having to do is go amazon, do a manual search for the book, locate the ASIN number and manually enter it in the ID's box in the metadata lookup window. (i.e. Amazon: B004U8IHI0). Once I do that, it finds the correct edition of the book.

This works, but it's very time-consuming, as I have almost 1000 books to go through.

kovidgoyal · 10-18-2018, 12:37 AM

are the books only avaialbale as audiobooks? calibre metadata retrieval is designed to prioritize text books over audio versions.

angelyne · 10-20-2018, 11:19 AM

Yes, there are other books available, but my focus is on audiobooks, which is exactly the reverse of the behavior you describe. Would there be a way to create a toggle switch to reverse the prioritization?

I think that audiobooks are getting more and more popular and it would be great if Calibre could be a little more audiobook friendly. I don't care about anything complicated to implement like a built-in reader or sync support or something like that. Just the ability to pull audiobook metadata would make very happy.

kovidgoyal · 10-20-2018, 09:26 PM

Not something I am interested in personally, but it should be easy enough to modifythe amazon metadata plugin to prioritize audiobooks when processing results.

angelyne · 10-21-2018, 12:22 AM

I have no idea how to do that. Could you point me toward some resource that would explain?

kovidgoyal · 10-21-2018, 01:23 AM

you would need to run calibre from aource and modify the amazon metadata plugin. See https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/develop.html for how to run calibre form source, and look around line 1145 in amazon.py for where audiobooks are filtered out of results.

angelyne · 10-21-2018, 08:52 AM

Thanks, I'll take a look

10-14-2018, 12:21 PM	#1
angelyne Connoisseur Posts: 57 Karma: 50 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	Issue with finding audiobook metadata on Amazon I use Calibre to manage my audiobook collection. However, when I try to do a metadata lookup on Amazon, it almost never finds the audiobook version of the book even though the information is there. What I have been having to do is go amazon, do a manual search for the book, locate the ASIN number and manually enter it in the ID's box in the metadata lookup window. (i.e. Amazon: B004U8IHI0). Once I do that, it finds the correct edition of the book. This works, but it's very time-consuming, as I have almost 1000 books to go through.

10-21-2018, 01:23 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	you would need to run calibre from aource and modify the amazon metadata plugin. See https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/develop.html for how to run calibre form source, and look around line 1145 in amazon.py for where audiobooks are filtered out of results. Last edited by kovidgoyal; 10-21-2018 at 09:03 AM.

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10-18-2018, 12:37 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	are the books only avaialbale as audiobooks? calibre metadata retrieval is designed to prioritize text books over audio versions.

10-20-2018, 11:19 AM	#3
angelyne Connoisseur Posts: 57 Karma: 50 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	Yes, there are other books available, but my focus is on audiobooks, which is exactly the reverse of the behavior you describe. Would there be a way to create a toggle switch to reverse the prioritization? I think that audiobooks are getting more and more popular and it would be great if Calibre could be a little more audiobook friendly. I don't care about anything complicated to implement like a built-in reader or sync support or something like that. Just the ability to pull audiobook metadata would make very happy.

10-20-2018, 09:26 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Not something I am interested in personally, but it should be easy enough to modifythe amazon metadata plugin to prioritize audiobooks when processing results.

10-21-2018, 12:22 AM	#5
angelyne Connoisseur Posts: 57 Karma: 50 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	I have no idea how to do that. Could you point me toward some resource that would explain?

10-21-2018, 08:52 AM	#7
angelyne Connoisseur Posts: 57 Karma: 50 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	Thanks, I'll take a look