Adding multiple books from book search results

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Adding multiple books from book search results

1BarneyBall
Apr 10, 6:29 am

How can I add more than one book at a time from my search results? I want to add 20 Donna Leon books at one go

2gilroy
Apr 10, 7:45 am

Upload a CSV file to the import system.
When you use add books, it's one at a time. So you can verify details with each book.

3JonathonL88
Apr 10, 8:00 am

Alternative workflow
Create a temporary collection say "2BeChecked"
Add 2BeChecked to the default add books collections
Add all the new books one at a time
Select 2BeChecked collection only
Use PowerEdit to change/correct/add common "errors"
When finished use PowerEdit to remove books from the 2BeChecked collection

4gilroy
Apr 10, 8:04 am

>3 JonathonL88: Power Edit is not that powerful. Yes, it can correct tags, collections, and languages, but that's it.
It won't fix incorrect ISBNs, titles, authors, publishing houses, or whatever details a person may care about.
If all you care about is title and author, then that's fine.

5BarneyBall
Apr 12, 6:02 am

>4 gilroy: Thanks

6BarneyBall
Apr 12, 6:02 am

>2 gilroy: Thanks

7BarneyBall
Apr 12, 6:02 am

8lilithcat
Apr 12, 12:11 pm

>3 JonathonL88:



But the OP wants to at them all at the same time.

9JonathonL88
Edited: Apr 12, 2:05 pm

>8 lilithcat: Which is why I gave it as an alternative workflow.

It all depends on what fields he wants to update.
My approach is simpler and easier to understand.
I believe importing from a spreadsheet is something of a black art,"
so again it depends on "how many books"... and "how many customised fields".

10lilithcat
Apr 12, 2:40 pm

>9 JonathonL88:

He’s not looking to update fields. He’s looking to add books.

11JonathonL88
Apr 12, 3:19 pm

In the OP he talks about 20 books. Not 200 or 2000 so my method still is valid. If you add a book, LT does it magic and you might not like its choices; in which case, you then go through each book in list mode and correct/update the entries/values you do not like.

12lilithcat
Apr 12, 3:32 pm

>11 JonathonL88:

I think you aren’t getting the difference between “adding books one at a time and making changes” and “adding multiple books at the same time”.