Then I'll write a tool which extracts them from embedded metadata in the unlikely event that is ever needed. Or embeds them in the header, as meta tags. Which is pretty much what is proposed here.
I will not mess with scripts and extra files. An ebook should, as far as possible, contain all its required metadata. I know me; I will never maintain an external file. It will rot, and I'll end up having to reorganize my books after a year or so. If I embed the metadata, it's *done*, for the lifetime of the ebook.
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