Feature Request - Amazon Reviews

andy60 · 12-12-2011, 04:33 PM

Don't know if this would be possible. But including an Amazon rating column would greatly help with large libraries.

theducks · 12-12-2011, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy60

Don't know if this would be possible. But including an Amazon rating column would greatly help with large libraries.

Rating (stars) sources already include Amazon

Go to Preferences: Metadata download

You can configure overall or by source

andy60 · 12-12-2011, 05:03 PM

How can I configure the bulk metadata download to download these ratings? Every time I try to run it, it downloads everything but these. I even selected only ratings under the configuration, and it still will not download these. the only way I can seem to get them is to download for each individual ebook.

JSWolf · 12-12-2011, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy60

Don't know if this would be possible. But including an Amazon rating column would greatly help with large libraries.

It would be more realistic to include a GoodReads rating column. We already know that some Amazon reviews are tainted by deliberate 1-star or 5-star reviews that have nothing to do with the book.

andy60 · 12-12-2011, 05:11 PM

nevermind...figured it out. just didn't wait till the metadata download was complete.

andy60 · 12-12-2011, 05:16 PM

Is it possible to do this with good reads?

JSWolf · 12-12-2011, 05:26 PM

Not to my knowledge. But I would hope someone could write a plug-in to do it.

DoctorOhh · 12-13-2011, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by andy60

Is it possible to do this with good reads?

Yes, just install the Goodreads metadata plugin. For other plugin information check out the The Index of plugins sticky post. The nice thing about this plugin is it lets you map the Goodreads Genres to your own personal use Tags. I wrote about this feature and shared my mappings.

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Not to my knowledge. But I would hope someone could write a plug-in to do it.

The Goodreads metadata plugin has been available in one form or another since 2-16-2011. Current version (linked above) combines the original goodreads metadata and goodreads cover plugins into one metadata download plugin.

JSWolf · 12-14-2011, 09:42 PM

Getting covers from GoodReads is a bad idea. I've seen too many covers with really poor quality plus the maximum size is too small.

DoctorOhh · 12-14-2011, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Getting covers from GoodReads is a bad idea. I've seen too many covers with really poor quality plus the maximum size is too small.

I know you are aware of this but for those who are not aware I provide the following suggestion. If you don't want covers from Goodreads then don't choose the cover from Goodreads presented for download. If you're doing a bulk download then change the priority for covers from Goodreads to ensure they aren't the first priority for downloading.

theducks · 12-14-2011, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by dwanthny

I know you are aware of this but for those who are not aware I provide the following suggestion. If you don't want covers from Goodreads then don't choose the cover from Goodreads presented for download. If you're doing a bulk download then change the priority for covers from Goodreads to ensure they aren't the first priority for downloading.

You could lower the cover priority for GR to 5
I tend to prefer Fantastic Fiction. Nice color balance (some others are too saturated), so I rate my cover sources with FF being 1

12-12-2011, 04:33 PM	#1
andy60 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle Keyboard	Feature Request - Amazon Reviews Don't know if this would be possible. But including an Amazon rating column would greatly help with large libraries.

12-12-2011, 05:03 PM	#3
andy60 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle Keyboard	Thanks for the reply, but... How can I configure the bulk metadata download to download these ratings? Every time I try to run it, it downloads everything but these. I even selected only ratings under the configuration, and it still will not download these. the only way I can seem to get them is to download for each individual ebook.

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12-12-2011, 05:11 PM	#5
andy60 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle Keyboard	nevermind...figured it out. just didn't wait till the metadata download was complete.

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andy60 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle Keyboard	Is it possible to do this with good reads?

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,931 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Not to my knowledge. But I would hope someone could write a plug-in to do it.

12-14-2011, 09:42 PM	#9
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,931 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Getting covers from GoodReads is a bad idea. I've seen too many covers with really poor quality plus the maximum size is too small.