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gmw · 10-26-2018, 03:38 AM

I like having the first-published dates visible/easily-available. It's one of those small facts that I like to know before I start. I get a bit peeved that so many new ebooks put copyright information at the back, because it's something I expect to see (and look for) as I'm starting to read a book.

So, Pulpmeister, I like the fact you've included the date in the Patricia Clarke Memorial Library postings.

However, I like it rather less when you have the date as part of the title inside the epub. The dc:date field (no qualifier) will achieve that on import into Calibre without corrupting the title field. (ETA: I guess we might argue that this should be the date you published this edition. If you do that then you might put the first published date in the description rather than the title.)

Just saying, and this in no way takes away from the huge vote of thanks for putting up the Carolyn Wells books recently! I'm looking forward to taking a look at these.

* Having the date is much less offensive than the practice by some publishers of putting chunks of blurb into the title. eg: "Xyz: the best book you'll ever read!" Now that is really annoying.

10-26-2018, 03:38 AM	#5
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,818 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	I like having the first-published dates visible/easily-available. It's one of those small facts that I like to know before I start. I get a bit peeved that so many new ebooks put copyright information at the back, because it's something I expect to see (and look for) as I'm starting to read a book. So, Pulpmeister, I like the fact you've included the date in the Patricia Clarke Memorial Library postings. However, I like it rather less when you have the date as part of the title inside the epub. The dc:date field (no qualifier) will achieve that on import into Calibre without corrupting the title field. (ETA: I guess we might argue that this should be the date you published this edition. If you do that then you might put the first published date in the description rather than the title.) Just saying, and this in no way takes away from the huge vote of thanks for putting up the Carolyn Wells books recently! I'm looking forward to taking a look at these. * Having the date is much less offensive than the practice by some publishers of putting chunks of blurb into the title. eg: "Xyz: the best book you'll ever read!" Now that is really annoying. Last edited by gmw; 10-26-2018 at 03:40 AM.