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Edit the metadata of EPUB files
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[BUG?] "belongs-to-collection" metadata in epub3 is not used (preventing some software from creating series) #74

Closed VegethB closed 1 year ago

VegethB commented 2 years ago

When an epub3 is edited, the "series" and "series_index" fields are inserted as in the example below. (Even using the batch mode)

This software:

      <meta name="calibre:series" content="Monogatari Series"/>
      <meta name="calibre:series_index" content="1.0"/>
screens: ![Inked194876788-eda4eb26-0e78-4153-a442-3d562ec6aa46](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17975351/194879479-e80a1e56-365c-4e51-b88d-c4018296f99c.jpg)

Unfortunately this prevents certain software from creating the series view. I am referring specifically to the Kavita software.

https://wiki.kavitareader.com/en/guides/managing-your-files/ebooks

Editing the same epub with Caliber, it seems that the correct tag/metadata for the epub3 is used which is recognized by the software (Kavita) and then creates the series in the software.

Calibre edit:

    <meta property="belongs-to-collection" id="id-3">Monogatari Series</meta>
    <meta refines="#id-3" property="collection-type">series</meta>
    <meta refines="#id-3" property="group-position">1.0</meta>
screens: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17975351/194874906-9f0b04d2-46b9-4283-8cc0-dbed060c70e8.png) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17975351/194874969-77156172-56fc-4c29-a59b-d461893570a7.png) ![Inked194875286-f06cb78d-4c21-4ba8-a9f8-99e9becb1628](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17975351/194879428-3e65b40c-b8ab-49ef-b6ca-6deb3fb27c15.jpg)

Starter e-book Monogatari Series - Volume 01 - Bakemonogatari (Part 1) Vertical Monogatari Series - Volume 01 5 - Bakemonogatari (Part 2) Vertical

benchen71 commented 2 years ago

The way EPUB Metadata Editor implements series dates from EPUB2 days and followed Calibre's method of the time. But I have not updated this code for EPUB3. To be honest, it would be a lot of coding for very little result. I don't have as much coding time as I used to, sorry!

VegethB commented 2 years ago

The way EPUB Metadata Editor implements series dates from EPUB2 days and followed Calibre's method of the time. But I have not updated this code for EPUB3. To be honest, it would be a lot of coding for very little result. I don't have as much coding time as I used to, sorry!

I understand, I can't do batches at the moment but I can easily add metadata with the editor (better than nothing). So thanks anyway for the software (which is better than calibre which clears my metadata and inserts "unknown").

benchen71 commented 1 year ago

The new version will include the EPUB3 way of handling series information.

VegethB commented 1 year ago

The new version will include the EPUB3 way of handling series information.

Thanks, as soon as I find the time, I'll get behind it and check. I'll probably get something done next week Also because with certain epubs the .net crash and I had to do it manually with 7zip (it goes wrong when you save), maybe now with the epub3 support it won't happen again.