FB2 Issue

Jaie · 03-26-2009, 01:21 PM

I have a Jetbook, and normally, FB2 titles work great, but I downloaded a bunch at manybooks and when I have the card in there, or even on the device itself, the titles are missing. Is there a way I can fix this?

wallcraft · 03-26-2009, 07:31 PM

The title is probably being taken from the FB2 metadata. See wiki: FB2 for more information about FB2. The only tool I have used to produce FB2 is Book Designer, but it isn't obvious to me how to change the title in BD.

Since FB2 is just XML (Eng:FictionBook description), all you may need to do is open the .fb2 file using a plain text editor and add:

Code:

<book-title>Title Here</book-title>

to the <title-info> section (or add a <title-info> section if there is none).

Jaie · 03-26-2009, 07:37 PM

Urgh. Yeah, that makes total sense now. You'd think the FB2 would automatically have that though. *sigh* I knew I needed to hunt down an editor for it. Thanks, I wondered if it was something like that.

igorsk · 03-26-2009, 08:26 PM

FictionBook Tools (includes FictionBook Editor)

BobC · 04-26-2009, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallcraft

The title is probably being taken from the FB2 metadata. See wiki: FB2 for more information about FB2. The only tool I have used to produce FB2 is Book Designer, but it isn't obvious to me how to change the title in BD.

Book Designer will set the Title (and Author) for the book in FB2 Metadata (I've done about a hundred) Just put the author at the top and use Format/ Book Author, then the book title and use Format/Book Title. This assumes you are using BD5 (i.e. BD4 with all the updates), not sure about the un-updated version.

So open your existing FB2 file, add the above and then re-save.

Once done the title (and author) shows up in the Bookshelf (at least it does on my BeBook)

BobC

03-26-2009, 01:21 PM	#1
Jaie Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 24 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oswego New York Device: JetBook, Aspire One Netbook (UMPC)	FB2 Issue I have a Jetbook, and normally, FB2 titles work great, but I downloaded a bunch at manybooks and when I have the card in there, or even on the device itself, the titles are missing. Is there a way I can fix this?

03-26-2009, 07:31 PM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The title is probably being taken from the FB2 metadata. See wiki: FB2 for more information about FB2. The only tool I have used to produce FB2 is Book Designer, but it isn't obvious to me how to change the title in BD. Since FB2 is just XML (Eng:FictionBook description), all you may need to do is open the .fb2 file using a plain text editor and add: Code: <book-title>Title Here</book-title> to the <title-info> section (or add a <title-info> section if there is none).

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