How to add only publishing date

pinky62 · 07-15-2016, 04:34 AM

Hi I have many books missing the publishers date is there any way only the publishers date to the books without downloading entire meta date?TIA

BetterRed · 07-15-2016, 04:39 AM

@pinky62 - try Preferences->Metadata download (row 4, col 3 ) tick/untick boxes in the right hand list

BR

pinky62 · 07-15-2016, 07:10 PM

i already have these boxes checked but still some 800 books have information missing?

pinky62 · 07-15-2016, 07:20 PM

i need to know if i can update all these 800 books orig publishing date without downloading meta data for each individually.TIA

theducks · 07-15-2016, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by pinky62

i need to know if i can update all these 800 books orig publishing date without downloading meta data for each individually.TIA

post #2 told you how to stop other fields
Remember to put them back afterwards

BetterRed · 07-15-2016, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinky62

i already have these boxes checked but still some 800 books have information missing?

That suggests the metadata download sites you're using never send published date (e.g. some sources don't send Language), select source and click Configure selected source to check, or it's unchecked at the source level, or they sometimes send 'empty dates'.

If the metadata source sends published date and you have it checked in the right hand list then it should be there, but if its not sent or it's sent as empty then it won't be there.

Which metadata download sites do you use?

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinky62

i need to know if i can update all these 800 books orig publishing date without downloading meta data for each individually.TIA

Find a site that sends published date (eg Amazon) configure Preferences->Download metadata so that only that site is used and only check published date in right hand list.

Select say 20 of the 800 books in question, and press Ctrl/D (or click Edit Metadata->Download metadata and covers). If that works satisfactorily select the remaining 780 books and press Ctrl/D - could take a while, IIRC calibre puts a choke on bulk downloads so that the sources are not swamped by any single user.

BR

chaley · 07-16-2016, 05:38 AM

In my experience, the published date provided by the metadata sources is always wrong. It seems that they pick some edition and give you that date. I have seen dates in the 2000s for books published in the '80s. The only time I have seen a correct date is for newly published books, and I suspect that it is correct only because I keep only the year.

jhowell · 07-16-2016, 08:53 AM

To be fair, "published date" is not "date first published", it is the date of publication of whatever edition the metadata source came up with. I agree that a database of first published dates would be useful.

kovidgoyal · 07-16-2016, 09:25 AM

There is an option in Preferences->Metadata download to use worldcat.org to look for the first published date.

theducks · 07-16-2016, 12:32 PM

Published date MATCHES the ISBN if you don't use Kovid's tweak
ISBN defines the edition

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pinky62 Zealot Posts: 136 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: kindle paper white	How to add only publishing date Hi I have many books missing the publishers date is there any way only the publishers date to the books without downloading entire meta date?TIA

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BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,590 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@pinky62 - try Preferences->Metadata download (row 4, col 3 ) tick/untick boxes in the right hand list BR

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pinky62 Zealot Posts: 136 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: kindle paper white	i already have these boxes checked but still some 800 books have information missing?

07-15-2016, 07:20 PM	#4
pinky62 Zealot Posts: 136 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: kindle paper white	i need to know if i can update all these 800 books orig publishing date without downloading meta data for each individually.TIA

07-16-2016, 05:38 AM	#7
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,742 Karma: 6997045 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	In my experience, the published date provided by the metadata sources is always wrong. It seems that they pick some edition and give you that date. I have seen dates in the 2000s for books published in the '80s. The only time I have seen a correct date is for newly published books, and I suspect that it is correct only because I keep only the year.

07-16-2016, 08:53 AM	#8
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,498 Karma: 84420419 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Device: Kindles	To be fair, "published date" is not "date first published", it is the date of publication of whatever edition the metadata source came up with. I agree that a database of first published dates would be useful.

07-16-2016, 09:25 AM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,871 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There is an option in Preferences->Metadata download to use worldcat.org to look for the first published date.

07-16-2016, 12:32 PM	#10
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,818 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Published date MATCHES the ISBN if you don't use Kovid's tweak ISBN defines the edition

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