Tag Issues and a Goodreads Idea

Illyrie · 03-14-2013, 08:20 PM

So, an issue that I am continually running across is that when I download the metadata for a book, the tags are often quite useless. Downloading from Amazon, Goodreads, and FictionDB will often get me a book with tags like: General Fiction, Contemporary.

When I look at the Top 100 Shelves on Goodreads, the book is shelved as follows: General Fiction, Contemporary, Southern, Paranormal, Police, Angst, Adventure, Coming of Age. Which is a much more useful set of tags.

Is there any way to easily add the shelves as tags? Maybe a plugin, or a feature on GR that I don't know about? I know that the GR Plugin can do tag stuff, but that seems to be only with YOUR tags. I really don't want to have to go to every book I own and add in every tag by hand.

I'm just looking for the most time efficient and least labor intensive way to manage tagging.

Any ideas? What's your process? Tell me how you like to tag!

theducks · 03-14-2013, 09:22 PM

Look at the Goodreads:

Metadata Plugin https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=130638

Sync Plugin https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=123281

Illyrie · 03-14-2013, 09:47 PM

Yup, I have those. Unfortunately, none of them address the tag issue. Perhaps I should have posted this as a suggestion in one of the plugin threads.

03-14-2013, 08:20 PM	#1
Illyrie Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: iPad	Tag Issues and a Goodreads Idea So, an issue that I am continually running across is that when I download the metadata for a book, the tags are often quite useless. Downloading from Amazon, Goodreads, and FictionDB will often get me a book with tags like: General Fiction, Contemporary. When I look at the Top 100 Shelves on Goodreads, the book is shelved as follows: General Fiction, Contemporary, Southern, Paranormal, Police, Angst, Adventure, Coming of Age. Which is a much more useful set of tags. Is there any way to easily add the shelves as tags? Maybe a plugin, or a feature on GR that I don't know about? I know that the GR Plugin can do tag stuff, but that seems to be only with YOUR tags. I really don't want to have to go to every book I own and add in every tag by hand. I'm just looking for the most time efficient and least labor intensive way to manage tagging. Any ideas? What's your process? Tell me how you like to tag!

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03-14-2013, 09:22 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,785 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Look at the Goodreads: Metadata Plugin https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=130638 Sync Plugin https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=123281

03-14-2013, 09:47 PM	#3
Illyrie Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: iPad	Yup, I have those. Unfortunately, none of them address the tag issue. Perhaps I should have posted this as a suggestion in one of the plugin threads.