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Originally Posted by thinkpadx
Why the authors at Smashwords doesn't pay closer attention to the things they upload is beyond me. It doesn't leave a good impression when you end up with erroneous meta-data.
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Hiya. In answer to you question, the chances are that it's not actually the author's fault (speaking as a Smashwords author myself). You see, smashwords publishes a formatting guide, which the author has to follow as closesly as possible; after that, it goes through an automated process which checks the manuscript for errors. If no errors are reported, then the author no doubt feels entitled to think that the manuscript is fine - and in most cases, it is. So the problem is definitely one regarding the vetting/conversion software that Smashwords uses.
However, I'm aware of this metadata problem concerning Kindle's .mobi format, and have been looking into it. Obviously, it can be solved by using Calibre, but I'd prefer it if my ebook could simply be dropped into a device without any hassles. I
think I may have found a neat solution to it - however, it's far too early to make any promises, but I will certainly let people know should it work.