09-17-2018, 10:43 AM | #1 |
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How do I improve metadata download matches?
I am updating metadata on hundreds of books. I am using sources: Amazon.com, Big Book Search, Google and Open Library.
I am getting a very low percentage of matches. It doesn't seem to match the title and/or author very well at all, even though a simple google search in a browser turns up the correct book/author. Is there any way via scripts, templates, etc. to improve metadata hits when doing searches? Is there somewhere to put priority on the columns being search such as Author over Title? |
09-17-2018, 01:04 PM | #2 |
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Identifiers will make or break a search.
none : leaves the door wide (Author OR Title(words) (just plain) wrong: GIGO exact: only works with the sites that support that one (eg ASIN is Amazon) ISBN is good for most general sources I like Fantastic Fiction (for fiction, obviously ) |
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09-18-2018, 12:23 AM | #3 |
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@searcygr - try using the Extract ISBN plugin first ===>> Index of plugins
Install it via Preferences->Plugins BR |
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