diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
index 46342c8a88..a785dc0850 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ class MetadataBulkDialog(QDialog, Ui_MetadataBulkDialog):
                 if aum:
                     aum = [a.strip().replace('|', ',') for a in aum.split(',')]
                     new_title = authors_to_string(aum)
-                    self.db.set_title(id, new_title)
+                    self.db.set_title(id, new_title, notify=False)
                 if title:
                     new_authors = string_to_authors(title)
-                    self.db.set_authors(id, new_authors)
+                    self.db.set_authors(id, new_authors, notify=False)
 
             self.changed = True
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py
index f44081447b..67f7ac1ab8 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py
@@ -657,11 +657,11 @@ class MetadataSingleDialog(ResizableDialog, Ui_MetadataSingleDialog):
             self.db.set_comment(self.id, qstring_to_unicode(self.comments.toPlainText()), notify=False)
             d = self.pubdate.date()
             d = qt_to_dt(d)
-            self.db.set_pubdate(self.id, d)
+            self.db.set_pubdate(self.id, d, notify=False)
             d = self.date.date()
             d = qt_to_dt(d)
             if d.date() != self.orig_timestamp.date():
-                self.db.set_timestamp(self.id, d)
+                self.db.set_timestamp(self.id, d, notify=False)
 
             if self.cover_changed:
                 if self.cover_data is not None:
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tag_view.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tag_view.py
index d869185758..d9225b2503 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tag_view.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tag_view.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Browsing book collection by tags.
 
 from itertools import izip
 
-from PyQt4.Qt import Qt, QTreeView, QApplication, \
+from PyQt4.Qt import Qt, QTreeView, QApplication, pyqtSignal, \
                      QFont, SIGNAL, QSize, QIcon, QPoint, \
                      QAbstractItemModel, QVariant, QModelIndex
 from calibre.gui2 import config, NONE
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ from calibre.library.database2 import Tag
 
 class TagsView(QTreeView):
 
+    need_refresh = pyqtSignal()
+
     def __init__(self, *args):
         QTreeView.__init__(self, *args)
         self.setUniformRowHeights(True)
@@ -33,7 +35,11 @@ class TagsView(QTreeView):
         self.connect(self, SIGNAL('clicked(QModelIndex)'), self.toggle)
         self.popularity.setChecked(config['sort_by_popularity'])
         self.connect(self.popularity, SIGNAL('stateChanged(int)'), self.sort_changed)
-        self.connect(self, SIGNAL('need_refresh()'), self.recount, Qt.QueuedConnection)
+        self.need_refresh.connect(self.recount, type=Qt.QueuedConnection)
+        db.add_listener(self.database_changed)
+
+    def database_changed(self, event, ids):
+        self.need_refresh.emit()
 
     @property
     def match_all(self):
@@ -164,9 +170,6 @@ class TagsModel(QAbstractItemModel):
             for tag in data[r]:
                 TagTreeItem(parent=c, data=tag, icon_map=self.icon_map)
 
-        self.db.add_listener(self.database_changed)
-        self.connect(self, SIGNAL('need_refresh()'), self.refresh,
-                Qt.QueuedConnection)
 
     def get_search_nodes(self):
         l = []
@@ -174,9 +177,6 @@ class TagsModel(QAbstractItemModel):
             l.append(Tag(i, tooltip=saved_searches.lookup(i)))
         return l
 
-    def database_changed(self, event, ids):
-        self.emit(SIGNAL('need_refresh()'))
-
     def refresh(self):
         data = self.db.get_categories(config['sort_by_popularity'])
         data['search'] = self.get_search_nodes()
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
index 33ad97d827..bcaaa43a27 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
@@ -1556,6 +1556,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow, DeviceGUI):
             if self.cover_flow:
                 self.cover_flow.dataChanged()
             m.current_changed(current, previous)
+            self.tags_view.recount()
 
     def edit_bulk_metadata(self, checked):
         '''
@@ -1572,6 +1573,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow, DeviceGUI):
                 self.library_view.model().db).changed:
             self.library_view.model().resort(reset=False)
             self.library_view.model().research()
+            self.tags_view.recount()
 
     ############################################################################