First of all, thanks for providing this package, this is what I'm looking for!

One small problem is that we need to install the helm-org version 1.0 from MELPA stable. Seems currently they have removed the function `helm-org-get-candidates' from helm-org package.

Use a max header depth parameter and invoke helm.

Why not use Calibres' fetch-ebook-metadata to get the books' information. It will simplify adding book because you will only need a title to get information from a book instead of using a URL from Amazon or Goodreads. Also, it will allow you to get a lot more information on the book.

What is the expected way to add new sources? Right now the existing sources seem to be hard-coded in org-books-get-details? I'd like to add Manning since I read a lot of their books in particular in their early access program whihc isn't yet on Amazon.

Thanks for sharing this nice package by the way!

Hi! I'm looking into using this right now to manage my reading lists. It would be nice if you had an example capture template, so we can implement it in our normal capture cycle in stead of needing to call a separate function.

Cheers!

At present (probably) adding a new book under a heading just does a single line skip and thus will cause issue when there is description for a section header.

It'd be nice if when you manage your books in the booklist, it also updated status, reviews, stars, etc on Goodreads and similar services (well, I'd start with goodreads first though I imagine there are several) as one of the goals for me using this (versus a simple listing) would be managing my reading list all in one place.

(Also, I tend to take lots of notes on books that are non-fiction, having a nice way to fold those or link those in here from org-roam/deft or similar would be awesome.)

It'll be nice to have the name of authors already present in the file for completion with Helm when adding a new book entry.

I wrote

(use-package org-books
  :ensure t
  :config
  (setq org-books-file "~/books/bücherliste.org"))

and get
Error (use-package): org-books/:catch: Symbol’s value as variable is void: helm-completing-read-handlers-alist

helm is installed.

What is to do to use org-books?

In your gif it shows the a line on the left edge that corresponds to the open headings. Is that a plugin, or how is that being accomplished?

I live in Germany, so I use the amazon.de, which is pretty much identical to amazon.com, but just for Germany. It would be nice, if org-books-add-url also worked with amazon.de, amazon.fr, and other foreign amazon domains, if it is not too difficult to adapt the metadata getter.

The author information doesn't get picked up reliably.

Amazon author fetcher is not working

Hi,

First, thank you very much for writing this and for making it available to the public at no cost.

Is there an option to add multiple authors? I could just add them as a comma-separated list, but that is not very clean in terms of helm/vertico suggestions as the comma-separated list is considered as a single author.

Cheers!

I like to organize my books in a lot of different files, not in a single big file. It would be nice if org-books could insert the book at point, or just insert the properties for the link in the current header ala orgmdb-fill-movie-properties.

For some ISBN, using the function org-books-add-isbn returns the error "Wrong type argument: hash-table-p, nil"

Example of faulty ISBN: 2-909356-39-6
But the API knows this ISBN: https://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:2-909356-39-6&jscmd=data&format=json

Hi,

Is helm a hard requirement for this package? I do not use helm.

Cheers!

Hi,

This package looks very useful. Would you consider adding it to MELPA?

Thank you for the package,
What would be the way to add new properties, like, e.g. :PUBLISHER: :LOCATION:

Regards

Right now, it relies a lot on the custom template that I am using

I'm an prolific reader but would love to get my Kindle highlights from Readwise.io added into the entry for each book (either as a subheading or as a separate page which is then linked) to replicate the functionality I have in Notion (and now, logseq).

In general, I'm looking for ways to better integrate the material I consume, notes I make, and actions I want to take from books (and other media I consume.).

I use this idea right now in Notion, but trying to replicate similar in Emacs (though Notion has a fantastic capture feature for media like web pages and youtube vids.).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKYBB-Uw1IM

Emacs version:28.1 and upwards

Most of the required packages are not there and it is stopped working.

Specifically, fetching stuff from Goodreads and probably other places too, not working.

Error: Failed to fetch the url from Goodreads

Tried with org-capture-template and manually.

P.S.: Do NOT change the functionality of the original package.