Bulk metadata editing

paoletto · 10-29-2014, 10:17 AM

Hi, I'm somewhat new of Calibre.
I started to use it to organize my previously non-organized ebooks.

My workflow currently is:
- fetch the isbn from the books (either via the Extract ISBN plugin, or by hand, where this fails)
- Download metadata from internet
- click on review the metadata for each single book
- - tipically revert the ID: field for each book, as i prefer to keep the just found ISBN rather than all the google and amazon IDs
- - click next
- - repeat

The problem:
when I do revert the ID for a book, the default selected button changes from next to cancel. The consequence is that i have to click by hand next after having reverted the ID field for every book.
Is there a keyboard shortcut to advance the bulk editing so that i do not have to tediously click in two different places for each book i process?

I have also another question: is there a way to embed the metadata without having to save to disk the files? I ask because it seems to me that sometimes Calibre fails to embed the metadata for some books upon "write to disk", and i do not understand why.. Sometimes even on PDFs, which shouldnt be a big deal. Does calibre use xMP for metadata?

theducks · 10-29-2014, 10:33 AM

Just Customize the (individual or master/all) Metadata Sources so they don't supply the fields you don't want changed.

paoletto · 10-29-2014, 10:38 AM

Thanks for your answer, TheDucks.
I just tried. However it seems there's no "Identifier" among the metadata fields that i can select/deselect..
This in Calibre Preferences -> Metadata download.

Should i be looking somewhere else instead?

theducks · 10-29-2014, 11:26 AM

My bad. That field is a key to other downloads (covers...)
If you use the 'Review' option of the Ctrl-D mode download, you can use the field-copy arrow to use the original. I use this a lot as I hat having the Series name in the Title, so I use it to keep my simple 'Title'

eschwartz · 10-29-2014, 11:34 AM

clibre does not save metadata in the ebook files, this is by design. You can manually instruct it to do so by selecting some books and using the Embed Metadata tool.

Send-to-device and save-to-disk will have the same effect, on the exported copies only.
Polish books will embed metadata for EPUB/AZW3 as well as making other changes.

paoletto · 10-29-2014, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

My bad. That field is a key to other downloads (covers...)
If you use the 'Review' option of the Ctrl-D mode download, you can use the field-copy arrow to use the original. I use this a lot as I hat having the Series name in the Title, so I use it to keep my simple 'Title'

Yes, that's what i do now. However, when i do bulk updates, then i click on that arrow, and then i have to go down and click the "next" button, because, as soon as i click the arrow, the auto selected button becomes "Cancel".

So it would be nice to have either a way to, as you suggested, disable that field from the updating, or to move to the next book in the Review mode after download. Do you agree?

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

clibre does not save metadata in the ebook files, this is by design. You can manually instruct it to do so by selecting some books and using the Embed Metadata tool.

Send-to-device and save-to-disk will have the same effect, on the exported copies only.
Polish books will embed metadata for EPUB/AZW3 as well as making other changes

That sounds like what i need! But i just checked and, while i have the embed metadata plugin enabled, i cant find any icon or context menu option to trigger it. How do i do it?

eschwartz · 10-29-2014, 12:01 PM

Preferences ==> Interface ==> Toolbars

Select the toolbar you wish to edit, and add the Embed Metadata tool.

paoletto · 10-29-2014, 12:42 PM

Thanks! found that

10-29-2014, 10:17 AM	#1
paoletto Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2014 Device: Nexus 10	Bulk metadata editing Hi, I'm somewhat new of Calibre. I started to use it to organize my previously non-organized ebooks. My workflow currently is: - fetch the isbn from the books (either via the Extract ISBN plugin, or by hand, where this fails) - Download metadata from internet - click on review the metadata for each single book - - tipically revert the ID: field for each book, as i prefer to keep the just found ISBN rather than all the google and amazon IDs - - click next - - repeat The problem: when I do revert the ID for a book, the default selected button changes from next to cancel. The consequence is that i have to click by hand next after having reverted the ID field for every book. Is there a keyboard shortcut to advance the bulk editing so that i do not have to tediously click in two different places for each book i process? I have also another question: is there a way to embed the metadata without having to save to disk the files? I ask because it seems to me that sometimes Calibre fails to embed the metadata for some books upon "write to disk", and i do not understand why.. Sometimes even on PDFs, which shouldnt be a big deal. Does calibre use xMP for metadata?

10-29-2014, 11:34 AM	#5
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	clibre does not save metadata in the ebook files, this is by design. You can manually instruct it to do so by selecting some books and using the Embed Metadata tool. Send-to-device and save-to-disk will have the same effect, on the exported copies only. Polish books will embed metadata for EPUB/AZW3 as well as making other changes. Last edited by eschwartz; 10-29-2014 at 12:02 PM. Reason: typo

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10-29-2014, 10:33 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,920 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Just Customize the (individual or master/all) Metadata Sources so they don't supply the fields you don't want changed.

10-29-2014, 10:38 AM	#3
paoletto Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2014 Device: Nexus 10	Thanks for your answer, TheDucks. I just tried. However it seems there's no "Identifier" among the metadata fields that i can select/deselect.. This in Calibre Preferences -> Metadata download. Should i be looking somewhere else instead?

10-29-2014, 11:26 AM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,920 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	My bad. That field is a key to other downloads (covers...) If you use the 'Review' option of the Ctrl-D mode download, you can use the field-copy arrow to use the original. I use this a lot as I hat having the Series name in the Title, so I use it to keep my simple 'Title'

10-29-2014, 12:01 PM	#7
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Preferences ==> Interface ==> Toolbars Select the toolbar you wish to edit, and add the Embed Metadata tool.

10-29-2014, 12:42 PM	#8
paoletto Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2014 Device: Nexus 10	Thanks! found that

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