Possible to read extra metadata from ePub?

erketre · 08-03-2019, 01:33 PM

I have my ebooks (EPUB3) with the following predefined metadata in it:

Code:

    <metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
        ...
        <meta property="schema:wordCount">2123</meta>
        <meta property="schema:numberOfPages">10</meta>
        ...
    </metadata>

Would it be possible to import this into Calibre's custom columns, preferably with the same names? Or maybe there is some plugin that does it already?

kovidgoyal · 08-03-2019, 10:45 PM

No not really. calibre can read/write its own custom metadata to EPUB but not arbitrary metadata. If youhave some existing way of redainghtat metadata already what you could do is use the calibredb command to script the addition of the books to calibre, setting the metadata after each add.

08-03-2019, 01:33 PM	#1
erketre Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 12 Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Poland Device: Kobo Clara HD	Possible to read extra metadata from ePub? I have my ebooks (EPUB3) with the following predefined metadata in it: Code: <metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> ... <meta property="schema:wordCount">2123</meta> <meta property="schema:numberOfPages">10</meta> ... </metadata> Would it be possible to import this into Calibre's custom columns, preferably with the same names? Or maybe there is some plugin that does it already?

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08-03-2019, 10:45 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,871 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No not really. calibre can read/write its own custom metadata to EPUB but not arbitrary metadata. If youhave some existing way of redainghtat metadata already what you could do is use the calibredb command to script the addition of the books to calibre, setting the metadata after each add.