Is there an option to transform publishers when downloading metadata?

ownedbycats · 10-09-2018, 03:45 AM

When using "Add by ISBN" to add records, often I end up with several different variants of what should be the same publisher. (for example, "Harper Collins", "Harper" and "HarperCollins")

I've noticed there is an option to create rules to transform the tags and the author names, but is there a similar feature hidden somewhere in the options for publishers?

Thanks in advance.

kovidgoyal · 10-09-2018, 03:56 AM

nope, sorry. only tags and authors.

theducks · 10-09-2018, 04:12 AM

IMHO they aren't all variants
HarperColins is a Parent company
Harper is an Imprint of HarperColins
and Harper Colins is just wrongly done

My personal preference is to put the IMPRINT in the publishers column, rather that the Mega Publishing conglomerate .
Usually the Imprint is found on the publishers Title page, or the copyright page

It is also unfortunate that even the publishers can't be consistant.
Baen Books
Baen Publishing Enterprises

Sometimes the imprint breaks it down to Baen SF, Baen Fantasy
Unfortunately, some of the metadata sources are comiled from various user inputs, creating even more variants.

Manual TLC is the only way

DNSB · 10-09-2018, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

It is also unfortunate that even the publishers can't be consistant.
Baen Books
Baen Publishing Enterprises

Looking at the 2018 monthly bundles also shows www.baen.com, Baen and Baen Publishing. Plus the oddity of Riverdale, N.Y. : Baen, (year/copyright year). A quick select of any books with Baen and bulk edit the publisher field to make them consistent. I really should cleanup the Baen import folder and just import directly to the Intake folder since I do not purchase eARCs as much as I used to.

ownedbycats · 10-09-2018, 06:27 PM

I didn't actually realize Harper was an imprint. I thought they just omitted the Collins part.

I have calibre mark all my just-added books as @pending. The rows are marked this eye-searing bright red colour so that I'm more inclined to take care of them quickly.

I've been using calibre to also organize my physical books, and for a lot of the older ones, the user-inputted publishers are really very inconsistent. I occasionally get a few that ARE IN ALL CAPS FOR SOME REASON, or just inconsistencies (e.g. "and" instead of "&", or things like the aforementioned Baen).

Section8 · 10-09-2018, 07:27 PM

The Find Duplicatats plugin can find all books with "similar" publishers or authors using several different techniques, and help sorting this out.

10-09-2018, 03:45 AM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 8,616 Karma: 61176603 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Is there an option to transform publishers when downloading metadata? When using "Add by ISBN" to add records, often I end up with several different variants of what should be the same publisher. (for example, "Harper Collins", "Harper" and "HarperCollins") I've noticed there is an option to create rules to transform the tags and the author names, but is there a similar feature hidden somewhere in the options for publishers? Thanks in advance.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	nope, sorry. only tags and authors.

10-09-2018, 04:12 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,800 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	IMHO they aren't all variants HarperColins is a Parent company Harper is an Imprint of HarperColins and Harper Colins is just wrongly done My personal preference is to put the IMPRINT in the publishers column, rather that the Mega Publishing conglomerate . Usually the Imprint is found on the publishers Title page, or the copyright page It is also unfortunate that even the publishers can't be consistant. Baen Books Baen Publishing Enterprises Sometimes the imprint breaks it down to Baen SF, Baen Fantasy Unfortunately, some of the metadata sources are comiled from various user inputs, creating even more variants. Manual TLC is the only way

10-09-2018, 06:27 PM	#5
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 8,616 Karma: 61176603 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	I didn't actually realize Harper was an imprint. I thought they just omitted the Collins part. I have calibre mark all my just-added books as @pending. The rows are marked this eye-searing bright red colour so that I'm more inclined to take care of them quickly. I've been using calibre to also organize my physical books, and for a lot of the older ones, the user-inputted publishers are really very inconsistent. I occasionally get a few that ARE IN ALL CAPS FOR SOME REASON, or just inconsistencies (e.g. "and" instead of "&", or things like the aforementioned Baen).

10-09-2018, 07:27 PM	#6
Section8 Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 2092424 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Arlington, TX Device: Kindle PW4, Moon+ Reader on a cheap Android tablet	The Find Duplicatats plugin can find all books with "similar" publishers or authors using several different techniques, and help sorting this out.