Hi,

When converting for an EPUB output I have ticked Structure Detection > Insert metadata as page at start of book, so far so good but I always strip the publisher from my metadata, so how do I stop the Unknown publisher from showing up, see below

Gone, Baby, Gone
Patrick Kenzie & Angela Gennaro [4]
Dennis Lehane
Unknown publisher (1998)

Hi,

When converting for an EPUB output I have ticked Structure Detection > Insert metadata as page at start of book, so far so good but I always strip the publisher from my metadata, so how do I stop the Unknown publisher from showing up, see below

Gone, Baby, Gone
Patrick Kenzie & Angela Gennaro [4]
Dennis Lehane
Unknown publisher (1998)

Publisher is a required field (to pass validation) Unknown is the printed value for 'publisher is blank' Put some name in the Publisher field.

Hi,

When converting for an EPUB output I have ticked Structure Detection > Insert metadata as page at start of book, so far so good but I always strip the publisher from my metadata, so how do I stop the Unknown publisher from showing up,

Find the style.css file in found in either your the calibre program directory something like the following:

C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\jacket\
or in your
calibre config directory under \resources\jacket\

Edit this file in a text editor and follow the instructions inside the css file. Find this line and uncomment the display:none line like below and the Publisher info will be removed from future conversions.

table.cbj_header tr.cbj_pubdate {
/* Uncomment the next line to remove 'Published' from banner section */
display:none;
}

Find the style.css file in found in either your the calibre program directory something like the following:

C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\jacket\
or in your
calibre config directory under \resources\jacket\

Edit this file in a text editor and follow the instructions inside the css file. Find this line and uncomment the display:none line like below and the Publisher info will be removed from future conversions.

table.cbj_header tr.cbj_pubdate {
/* Uncomment the next line to remove 'Published' from banner section */
display:none;
}

Have edited with your info, result showing

table.cbj_header tr.cbj_pubdate {
/* Uncomment the next line to remove 'Published' from banner section */
display:none;
}

The unknown publisher is still showing

The unknown publisher is still showing

Your right, I just tried it and the publisher was still listed in the insert metadata page. It used to work, put in a bug report (http://calibre-ebook.com/bugs).

Your right, I just tried it and the publisher was still listed in the insert metadata page. It used to work, put in a bug report (http://calibre-ebook.com/bugs).

Have raised a ticket - Ticket #8780

Thanks for the help...

Jay

If it's only a few books, as a workaround, open them in Sigil, and delete 'Unknown publisher'
in jacket.xhtml

OR
As publisher, in metadata, instead of leaving it blank, give it 'Published'
Then it'll at least look reasonable.

If it's only a few books, as a workaround, open them in Sigil, and delete 'Unknown publisher'
in jacket.xhtml

OR
As publisher, in metadata, instead of leaving it blank, give it 'Published'
Then it'll at least look reasonable.

My first thought was something like this, it's in all my books so the Sigil way would be too time consuming, I have just inserted a full stop and it looks better than the full "Unknown Publisher"

table.cbj_header tr.cbj_pubdate {
/* Uncomment the next line to remove 'Published' from banner section */
display:none;
} The unknown publisher is still showing

This was a typo, should have been 'table.cbj_header tr.cbj_pubdata. Patch submitted.

I've submitted a patch to remove 'Unknown Publisher' in the jacket.

G