File name: releases.csv.zstd .

The releases export contains all releases (audiobooks, ebooks, podcasts) in Beat's database.

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This snapshot provides normalized data about releases. This combined with the other normalized snapshots provides the most details about your catalog. If you prefer to just get started or do not want to join exports/snapshots together releases_simplified also exists and provides a simplified summary/ “denormalized” release information.

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Field Data type Description
release_id integer The release's internal ID.
title string The title of the release.
original_title string The original title of the release (if translated). Can be empty.
display_artist string The display name of the artist(s)/author(s).
release_type string, one of audio-book, ebook, podcast The type of release.
release_date string (ISO 8601 date) The release date.
copyright string Copyright information.
lang string (ISO 639-2 language code) The language of the release (e.g., dut for Dutch).
original_lang string (ISO 639-2 language code) The original language of the release. Can be empty.
release_number integer TODO: The release number within a series or sequence.
media_available_from string (ISO 8601 datetime) The date from which the media is available. Can be empty.
added string (ISO 8601 datetime) The date the release was added to the database.
last_mod string (ISO 8601 datetime) The date the release was last modified.
season_number integer The season number for podcasts. Can be empty.
series_id integer The ID of the series this release belongs to. Can be empty. References series.csv.
label_id integer The ID of the label/imprint. Can be empty. References labels.csv.
licensor_id integer The ID of the licensor. Can be empty. References licensors.csv.
source_id integer The ID of the source. Can be empty. References sources.csv.
taken_down boolean True if the release has been taken down.