New program: EPub Metadata Editor

[BenChen]

Originally Posted by iris205

Ok, thank you and please think about the facility with the title and the author taken from the file name. I have some books where I didn't write anything there just garbage.

I'm sorry, but going from filename to fields is beyond my programming ability. It's a lot easier to go from fields to filename!

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by iris205

Yes it did me something and anyway it is a simple epub only with text.

I suggest you do another epubcheck with the latest version. Forget that website. It's always behind in the version.

[BenChen]

Latest Update: The current version is 1.7.3
Recent Changes:

• Fix for uppercase UUID in identifier scheme.
• Fix for identifiers with no scheme.

[BenChen]

Latest Update: The current version is 1.7.4
Recent Changes:

• Added a history to the File Renamer dialog. The program will now remember the last 6 renaming schemes, accessible using a combobox. (If SHIFT is pressed when the "Rename File" link is pressed, the most recent scheme will be used.)
• Fixed a problem with zipstorer failing to open some EPUBs because there was data trailing what should be the final comment. (The work-around doesn't seem to result in any data failing to be loaded. And when EPUB Metadata Editor saves changes the resulting zip file is error-free.)
• Added a new error message when issue is encountered during the unzipping phase.
• Updated EPubMetadataEditorConsole instructions. (The use of "<" and ">" was misleading.)

[BenChen]

Latest Update: The current version is 1.8.0
Recent Changes:

• Added the ability to extract metadata from filenames (Batch operation).
• Added zipstorer work-around and error message when issue is encountered during the unzipping phase to EPubMetadataEditorConsole.

The ability to extract metadata from filenames has been requested on multiple occasions and I have always said that I had no clear idea how to implement such a thing. Well, I wanted a programming challenge as a way of relaxing (go figure!) so I had a go.

There are a couple of things to note:
1. The filename has to start and end with a metadata field.
2. It only searches the filename. You cannot extract metadata from a folder structure.

(If there is enough interest, I could potentially add support for extracting metadata from folders.)

As always, I have done some testing, but this was a complicated function and I am not confident it will work perfectly. If you find a bug, please let me know!

[BenChen]

Latest Update: The current version is 1.8.1
Recent Changes:

• Added some checks and balances to the extract procedure.
• A list of files on which the extract procedure fails is output at the end of the batch run.

[BenChen]

Latest Update: The current version is 1.8.2
Recent Changes:

• You can now include subfolders in the metadata extraction procedure.
• Added yet more checks and balances (and on-screen instructions and error messages) to the extraction procedure.
• Added a no installer zip file to GitHub (and added a link to it on the update available dialog).

[BenChen]

Latest Update: The current version is 1.8.3
Recent Changes:

• Fix for a strange datetime error thrown by the zip library.

[BenChen]

Latest Update: The current version is 1.8.5
Recent Changes:

• Added exception message to dialog that appears when EPUB file cannot be opened to indicate what sort of problem was encountered (1.8.4).
• Added creator2 and subject fields to Renamer dialog (1.8.4).
• Only new Renamer (and Extractor) templates will be remembered; old ones will be shuffled so that most recently used template is the default (1.8.4).
• Added a check to avoid an infinite loop in the event of encountering a problematic file during unzipping. An error is generated indicating to the user the filename (1.8.5).

[BenChen]

Latest Update: The current version is 1.8.6
Recent Changes:

• Fix for the placement of prioritorised image item in manifest.

[BenChen]

Latest Update: The current version is 1.8.7
Recent Changes:

• Added a button on either side of the dropdown menu that displays a list of all EPUBs in the current folder. These buttons save changes to the current file and then open the previous/next item in the list. (Note that there is no confirmation dialog; changes will be saved automatically without warning.)

[BenChen]

Latest Update: The current version is 1.8.11
Recent Changes:

• Fixed some bugs in the Batch Replace code.
• Added the ability to Batch Replace creator role.
• Better handle clicking on EPUB3 files in the Batch files listbox.
• Fixed window size.

Looks like I haven't been updating this site for a while. Here are the changes of the versions in between this one and the last one I posted about:

1.8.10:

• Previous version of EPubMetadataEditor incorrectly added something to package xmlns
• Fix for handling title file-as (Calibre)

1.8.9:

• Added a "Starting from" box to the Batch Operations "Sequentialise all files into series". Now you don't have to process all books in the series!

1.8.8:

• Fix for some (non-standard?) opf files - mainly concerned with handling tab characters

[BenChen]

Latest Update: The current version is 1.8.12
Recent Changes:

• Fixed an error where you couldn't add a role to creator2 without a "file as".

[BenChen]

Latest Update: The current version is 1.9.0
Recent Changes:

• Completely restructured the save EPUB routine as it applied to creators. This was a major restructuring of the code, so please be careful using it. Only use this version with EPUBs that have been backed up, just in case the save procedure goes bad!
• Fixed "Remove <meta /> tags" button (in the OPF editor window), which was crashing on some OPF files.
• Fixed errors in the Batch "Replace" function.

[BenChen]

Latest Update: The current version is 1.9.1
Recent Changes:

• Updated the title file-as in EPUB3 to use refines with property="file-as". (Updated console version, too.)
• Delete "<?xml ... ?>" from opf file (if it exists)
• Replace "<opf:meta ... </opf:meta>" with "<meta ... </meta>" (if it exists)