diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/edit_metadata.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/edit_metadata.py
index 09040bcafc..f5e9e8c4a0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/edit_metadata.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/edit_metadata.py
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ class EditMetadataAction(InterfaceAction):
         start_download(self.gui, ids, Dispatcher(self.bulk_metadata_downloaded))
 
     def bulk_metadata_downloaded(self, job):
-        print repr(job.result)
+        if job.failed:
+            self.job_exception(job, dialog_title=_('Failed to download metadata'))
+            return
+        from calibre.gui2.metadata.bulk_download2 import proceed
+        proceed(self.gui, job)
 
     def download_metadata_old(self, checked, covers=True, set_metadata=True,
             set_social_metadata=None):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/bulk_download2.py b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/bulk_download2.py
index d691c651d9..cb7f1686f6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/bulk_download2.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/bulk_download2.py
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ __copyright__ = '2011, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 from functools import partial
+from itertools import izip
 
-from PyQt4.Qt import QIcon
+from PyQt4.Qt import (QIcon, QDialog, QVBoxLayout, QTextBrowser,
+        QDialogButtonBox, QApplication)
 
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.message_box import MessageBox
 from calibre.gui2.threaded_jobs import ThreadedJob
@@ -21,8 +23,13 @@ def show_config(gui, parent):
 
 def start_download(gui, ids, callback):
     q = MessageBox(MessageBox.QUESTION,  _('Schedule download?'),
-            _('The download of metadata for <b>%d book(s)</b> will'
-                ' run in the background. Proceed?')%len(ids),
+            '<p>'+_('The download of metadata for the <b>%d selected book(s)</b> will'
+                ' run in the background. Proceed?')%len(ids) +
+            '<p>'+_('You can monitor the progress of the download '
+                'by clicking the rotating spinner in the bottom right '
+                'corner.') +
+            '<p>'+_('When the download completes you will be asked for'
+                ' confirmation before calibre applies the downloaded metadata.'),
             show_copy_button=False, parent=gui)
     b = q.bb.addButton(_('Configure download'), q.bb.ActionRole)
     b.setIcon(QIcon(I('config.png')))
@@ -39,12 +46,75 @@ def start_download(gui, ids, callback):
             download, (ids, gui.current_db), {}, callback)
     gui.job_manager.run_threaded_job(job)
 
+class ViewLog(QDialog):
+
+    def __init__(self, html, parent=None):
+        QDialog.__init__(self, parent)
+        self.l = l = QVBoxLayout()
+        self.setLayout(l)
+
+        self.tb = QTextBrowser(self)
+        self.tb.setHtml('<pre style="font-family: monospace">%s</pre>' % html)
+        l.addWidget(self.tb)
+
+        self.bb = QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox.Ok)
+        self.bb.accepted.connect(self.accept)
+        self.bb.rejected.connect(self.reject)
+        self.copy_button = self.bb.addButton(_('Copy to clipboard'),
+                self.bb.ActionRole)
+        self.copy_button.setIcon(QIcon(I('edit-copy.png')))
+        self.copy_button.clicked.connect(self.copy_to_clipboard)
+        self.setModal(False)
+        self.resize(self.sizeHint())
+        self.show()
+
+    def copy_to_clipboard(self):
+        txt = self.tb.toPlainText()
+        QApplication.clipboard().setText(txt)
+
+_vl = None
+def view_log(job, parent):
+    global _vl
+    _vl = ViewLog(job.html_details, parent)
+
+def apply(job, gui, q):
+    q.vlb.clicked.disconnect()
+    q.finished.diconnect()
+    id_map, failed_ids = job.result
+    print (id_map)
+
+def proceed(gui, job):
+    id_map, failed_ids = job.result
+    fmsg = det_msg = ''
+    if failed_ids:
+        fmsg = _('Could not download metadata for %d of the books. Click'
+                ' "Show details" to see which books.')%len(failed_ids)
+        det_msg = '\n'.join([id_map[i].title for i in failed_ids])
+    msg = '<p>' + _('Finished downloading metadata for %d books. '
+        'Proceed with updating the metadata in your library?')%len(id_map)
+    q = MessageBox(MessageBox.QUESTION, _('Download complete'),
+            msg + fmsg, det_msg=det_msg, show_copy_button=bool(failed_ids),
+            parent=gui)
+    q.vlb = q.bb.addButton(_('View log'), q.bb.ActionRole)
+    q.vlb.setIcon(QIcon(I('debug.png')))
+    q.vlb.clicked.connect(partial(view_log, job, q))
+    q.det_msg_toggle.setVisible(bool(failed_ids))
+    q.setModal(False)
+    q.show()
+    q.finished.connect(partial(job, gui, q))
+
 
 def download(ids, db, log=None, abort=None, notifications=None):
+    log('Starting metadata download for %d books'%len(ids))
     ids = list(ids)
     metadata = [db.get_metadata(i, index_is_id=True, get_user_categories=False)
         for i in ids]
-    return (ids, [mi.last_modified for mi in metadata])
+    failed_ids = set()
+    ans = {}
+    for i, mi in izip(ids, metadata):
+        ans[i] = mi
+    log('Download complete, with %d failures'%len(failed_ids))
+    return (ans, failed_ids)