Bulk-add identifier

khonshu · 07-20-2017, 07:15 AM

I would like to add a new identifier to a bunch of books recently imported in my library. The identifier is just to know where I got the books from, so it would be a string type (ex: sourceid:gutemberg_project ). How could I do that?

Thanks in advance,
Khonshu

theducks · 07-20-2017, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by khonshu

I would like to add a new identifier to a bunch of books recently imported in my library. The identifier is just to know where I got the books from, so it would be a string type (ex: sourceid:gutemberg_project ). How could I do that?

Thanks in advance,
Khonshu

If you mean the pgID, that can be added to {identifiers} by typing it in
eg pg:pg1234 (identifier type : value )

The other way is a tag (nb I save publisher for the source of the scanned file).

kovidgoyal · 07-20-2017, 07:43 AM

Identifiers are menat to be unique per book. So there is no way to set them in bulk. You caould probably do it using the search and replace tab of the bulk metadata edit dialog, but instead, I suggest using a custom column for it.

khonshu · 07-20-2017, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Identifiers are menat to be unique per book. So there is no way to set them in bulk. You caould probably do it using the search and replace tab of the bulk metadata edit dialog, but instead, I suggest using a custom column for it.

Thanks, Kovid and theducks. After a second thought maybe the tag/custom_colum would fit better.
Amazing soft Kovid! And, because of it, an amazing community!!!

Terisa de morgan · 07-20-2017, 11:00 AM

Knonshu, I use a custom column, tag-like and it allows you quite well to mark where you've got a book

BetterRed · 07-20-2017, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Knonshu, I use a custom column, tag-like and it allows you quite well to mark where you've got a book

Because each of my frequently used sources have specific download folders, I use Terisa de Morgan's Get File Name optional plugin to populate the custom column

BR

davidfor · 07-20-2017, 11:10 PM

@khonshu: If you know the URL for the book on PG, then adding this as an identifier allows you to link back when needed and marks it as a PG sourced book. You can also add a rule for an identifier so that you can have something like "pg:55156" shows in the book details as "Project Gutenberg" and clicking it goes to the appropriate URL.

edit:

And if you do go this way, and have a list of the titles and URLs, you can use the Import List plugin to add the identifier to the books.

07-20-2017, 07:15 AM	#1
khonshu Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Hanlin v3	Bulk-add identifier I would like to add a new identifier to a bunch of books recently imported in my library. The identifier is just to know where I got the books from, so it would be a string type (ex: sourceid:gutemberg_project ). How could I do that? Thanks in advance, Khonshu

07-20-2017, 11:10 PM	#7
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	@khonshu: If you know the URL for the book on PG, then adding this as an identifier allows you to link back when needed and marks it as a PG sourced book. You can also add a rule for an identifier so that you can have something like "pg:55156" shows in the book details as "Project Gutenberg" and clicking it goes to the appropriate URL. edit: And if you do go this way, and have a list of the titles and URLs, you can use the Import List plugin to add the identifier to the books. Last edited by davidfor; 07-20-2017 at 11:18 PM.

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