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Adding books from Goodreads to here

Post by alm69al1982 »

I just joined the club and my poor little bookshelves are empty :? Is there anyway to link to Goodreads and have it add to these bookshelves. I read 252 books just last year. I don't have the time or patience to add all the books I've read! :shock:
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Post by Scott »

Is there a way to export from Goodreads? If you can export it to some kind of text or CSV file, I could make some software that can import that. There is also the mass-adder if the list is already in the proper format.

-- 14 May 2015 10:01 am --

I have looked up some instructions on how to export the books and will send you a PM.

If anyone else is currently interested in being able to import their books from Goodreads, please send me a PM and I can use your list as well for development and testing to create this feature. I very much want to add this feature as soon as possible.
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Post by ALynnPowers »

@Scott

I just checked, and there was a way to export a .cvs file. I would kind of be interested in doing this, if you want to use me as your guinea pig.

-- 15 May 2015, 20:45 --

Oh, wait, you said PM in your message :doh:
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Post by Scott »

Okay, I have created the tool to import from Goodreads:

http://forums.onlinebookclub.org/shelves/import.php

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Thank you I will use this feature as soon as I get my goodreads lists updated.
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After importing my book files from Goodreads, I have a real mess on my hands. Out of 2200 or so books,
1400 of them have "genre" missing, over half don't have cover art. Many of the ratings have been delegated to a "2" although looking through the list there are books there that I know I ranked higher than a 2.

I don't know if I will find the time to go through my entire list and change all the ones that need fixing to get a "pretty' bookshelf.


Edited to add: The "Quick Genre Adder" button doesn't seem to be working for me. I went through and changed the first 200 books on my list and the changes didn't stick.
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Freida Livery wrote:After importing my book files from Goodreads, I have a real mess on my hands. Out of 2200 or so books,
1400 of them have "genre" missing, over half don't have cover art. Many of the ratings have been delegated to a "2" although looking through the list there are books there that I know I ranked higher than a 2.

I don't know if I will find the time to go through my entire list and change all the ones that need fixing to get a "pretty' bookshelf.


Edited to add: The "Quick Genre Adder" button doesn't seem to be working for me. I went through and changed the first 200 books on my list and the changes didn't stick.
The ratings here are on a scale of 4 not 5, so when imported from Goodreads it is adjusted. The way it is adjusted should have been explained on the import page.

When you add the genre information using the tool, you do have to click submit at the bottom of the page for it to save. Do you remember if you did that or not?
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Post by Delilah13 »

This sounds like a great idea! I have never even thought of that.
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When you add the genre information using the tool, you do have to click submit at the bottom of the page for it to save. Do you remember if you did that or not?
Yes, after spending time clicking on the first 200 or so, I scrolled down and click the "submit" button. :?
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Thank you all for the wonderful information! Very much appreciated!
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Post by Freida Livery »

Is it possible for the Admins to delete my "bookshelves" It's a mess ...multiple listings of the same books, 2300 genres missing, etc...It will drive me crazy every time I come here. I tried correcting some of the problems, but just made the problem worse.
Thanks for your help.
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I don't think it's possible to delete them, but, as it's been brought to our attention, bsmods will be able to take care of the issues. It will take a little while, but it will eventually be ordered :)
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Gravy wrote:I don't think it's possible to delete them, but, as it's been brought to our attention, bsmods will be able to take care of the issues. It will take a little while, but it will eventually be ordered :)
I'll be patient..thanks
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Post by Scott »

I don't remember offhand what raw information is actually contained in the Goodreads export/import file, but I bet my importer could be improved to bring over more data. Even if this is not the desired date (e.g. genre, cover image) or even if Goodreads doesn't have that data, whatever data is in the file (such as maybe ISBN or ASIN) could then be used to indirectly get the desired automatically at some point. I will look into it. :)
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