Rambling ReadersFeb 11, 2023
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Show threadsalyavinFeb 11, 2023

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No big deal but just so you know librarything import is busted. Also importing Japanese language books does not work. One site has several if one searches by isbn manually and gives unfortunate romanized titles. I suspect as we enter more data into the fediverse that will help.
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@salyavin how do you mean "busted"? During import #BookWyrm is reliant on looking up in open book databases such as OpenLibrary for books that don't exist in any of the instance databases. Unfortunately, these open databases tend to be more comprehensive for English language books. #BookWyrm does not have access to databases from publishers and ISBN agencies as these are closed data. By adding books you are contributing to the project and they will be there for future users.
Feb 11, 2023 at 5:16pmWeb
Show threadsalyavinFeb 19, 2023
@ramblingreaders It does come down to data sources. Inventaire for example has some nonEnglish books but with romanized titles. It looks like bookwyrm searches by title only but one can find it via ISBN search and correct the title. Not sure but it could be interesting to have bookwyrm do a search also on ISBN if it does not find title. Still correction work to do though. On the librarything import I am not sure if that is due to nonenglish or what but goodreads does work.