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Filling out iBooks author metadata in inspector

When filling out the inspector document info for the title is there a way to see all that you have just typed in to make sure everything is correct. It seems the field only shows three or four words. How can I edit it? Also, I have a subtitle, am I supposed to include it on that line also after the title?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Nov 10, 2012 7:56 PM

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Posted on Nov 10, 2012 8:21 PM

You should preview to test, and export via iTunes to really test 🙂

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Nov 11, 2012 6:43 PM in response to jimmyde

I am no iBA guru Jimmy, I work be trial and error to find what works for me.


In the Document Inspector what I do is - Title: Australia - The Convict Years


Title Australia

Sub Title The convict years.


Others may say its simply an hypenated title, but it suits me as I have more than one book in progress under a main title of Australia.


Obvioulsy in the delivery process, the sub title has its own field and the book cover is set out as you want it with a title and sub title.

Nov 13, 2012 4:21 AM in response to K T

I am no iBA guru Jimmy, I work be trial and error to find what works for me.


The questions was about titels and sub titles. The inspector doc option is "Title" so obvioulsy there is no field for a sub title. My post clearly explains what I do, so having a none hypenated title is just that.. a title. Fo rteh 'Author" hypenating as I explained is simly a note if you like.


The only place for a sub title is during the delivery process.


I am not sure it was the same post.. but you and henmning(?) had an exchange about metatdata to the effect that filling in the Doc information was wasted, you were correct in your response, and if the .iBA files is changed to a zip and opened, the metadata can be found in the index.xml file.

And as you say is used when searching the store.


Title, Decription, and Keywords are the basic metatdata in any webpage

Filling out iBooks author metadata in inspector

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