Publication Date Metadata for HTML ebooks that Calibre will recognize..?

mobilis · 04-01-2020, 05:07 PM

I make a lot of my own books for tl;dr reasons (not available in my language, so I buy them in the original and download translations.)

I can't seem to figure out what metadata to put in the html header so Calibre can pick up the publication date!

Nothing I've tried works.

I use Amazon Kindle and Mobi, not epub.

My current header is:

Code:

<html><head><title>Usemono Yado ENG 01 うせもの宿（１） (フラワーコミックスα)</title><meta name="author" content="穂積 Hozumi" /><meta name="tags" content="Decrypted Ebooks, Drama, Josei, Manga, Mystery, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural" /><meta name="series" content="Usemono Yado ENG" /> <meta name="isbn" content="9784091364166" /><meta name="publisher" content="株式会社小学館" /><meta content="2014-10-10" name="dcterms.date of publication" /><meta name="primary-writing-mode" content="horizontal-lr"/></head>
<body>

theducks · 04-01-2020, 05:45 PM

Dublin Core

Code:

 <dc:publisher>XYZ</dc:publisher>
    <dc:date>2016</dc:date>

skb · 04-01-2020, 06:19 PM

This is the "template" I use with HTML and it works nicely:

Code:

<meta name="author" content="John Doe">
<meta name="dc.description" content="This description goes into the Comments field." />
<meta name="DC.date.published" content="2000-01-01" />
<meta name="DC.publisher" content="URL-of-publisher" />
<meta name="tags" content="TAGs" />

mobilis · 04-02-2020, 05:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skb

This is the "template" I use with HTML and it works nicely:

Code:

<meta name="author" content="John Doe">
<meta name="dc.description" content="This description goes into the Comments field." />
<meta name="DC.date.published" content="2000-01-01" />
<meta name="DC.publisher" content="URL-of-publisher" />
<meta name="tags" content="TAGs" />

THANK YOU! This worked. I've added it to the manga and ebook html templates I keep in my Dropbox templates folder (and symbolic link ~/Templates to it.) Life is better now. :')

skb · 04-02-2020, 05:58 PM

Excellent!

I should have mentioned it (but I'm sure you're on top of it) but you've got to remember to change the date in the "content="2000-01-01"" bit when adding books (or, like me, you'll wonder why your books were all published Jan 1, 2000).

Even though it took ages for me to master the metadata and especially the date, I nearly always forget to edit it. Doh!

04-01-2020, 05:07 PM	#1
mobilis drowned in old books Posts: 39 Karma: 62 Join Date: May 2012 Location: United States Device: Kindle Paperwhite	[Solved] Publication Date Metadata for HTML ebooks that Calibre will recognize..? I make a lot of my own books for tl;dr reasons (not available in my language, so I buy them in the original and download translations.) I can't seem to figure out what metadata to put in the html header so Calibre can pick up the publication date! Nothing I've tried works. I use Amazon Kindle and Mobi, not epub. My current header is: Code: <html><head><title>Usemono Yado ENG 01 うせもの宿（１） (フラワーコミックスα)</title><meta name="author" content="穂積 Hozumi" /><meta name="tags" content="Decrypted Ebooks, Drama, Josei, Manga, Mystery, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural" /><meta name="series" content="Usemono Yado ENG" /> <meta name="isbn" content="9784091364166" /><meta name="publisher" content="株式会社小学館" /><meta content="2014-10-10" name="dcterms.date of publication" /><meta name="primary-writing-mode" content="horizontal-lr"/></head> <body> Last edited by mobilis; 04-02-2020 at 05:20 AM.

04-01-2020, 05:45 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,798 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Dublin Core Code: <dc:publisher>XYZ</dc:publisher> <dc:date>2016</dc:date>

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skb Evangelist Posts: 401 Karma: 1597305 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Ipod G4, MacOS 10.12, Calibre, Pocketbook Touch HD 3	Excellent! I should have mentioned it (but I'm sure you're on top of it) but you've got to remember to change the date in the "content="2000-01-01"" bit when adding books (or, like me, you'll wonder why your books were all published Jan 1, 2000). Even though it took ages for me to master the metadata and especially the date, I nearly always forget to edit it. Doh!