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Originally Posted by twedigteam
Great post. I think this is worthy of a steady conversation, metadata always seems to be shifting in terms of application in the eBook world.
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I agree. It does seem like ebook publishers put such minimal effort into it, which seems surprising given the amount they must have.
Does the epub 3 spec have better metadata support than epub 2?
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Originally Posted by twedigteam
I have the same questions about keyword/search term metadata. Do online retailers actually recognize this field? I feel like it would be the "webby" way to present BISAC data, but it's unclear if it's worth the effort or not. Obviously, "discoverability" is the goal here, and it seems that custom keywords could lend a much more specific representation of the content than an archaic categorization system.
I'd love to hear any/everyone else's experience + expertise on this one!!!
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I don't have many store-bought epubs yet (most are PDFs I've converted myself) but the ones I have bought have been quite metadata-poor.
It doesn't help that readers don't seem to display much of it. Why put it in the books if the readers don't show it?