EPUB METADATA EDITOR MAC FOR MAC

In this case I need to add a cover to the book, so I click 'Browse' in 'Change cover' area. In this window we can customize almost all the important metadata. Right click on the book title, choose 'Edit metadata', then 'Edit metadata individually'.

EPUB METADATA EDITOR MAC FOR MAC

With another software, Calibre for Mac, we can edit book's metadata then load the book into iBooks for Mac app.įrom the image above we can see that the cover of the book A DANCE WITH DRAGONS is missing, which is a pretty typical case where we need to edit the metadata to add cover.

Edit metadata with Calibre for MacĪlthough editing metadata with iBooks is impossible, it doesn't mean this is the end of the story. The reason that iBooks enables people to edit the meta date is pretty obvious- they don't want people to use iBooks to read downloaded books, but only the books purchased from iBooks Store. Sad story, feels like we are using a lite edition of iBooks, isn't it? When the iBooks was only a child-column in iTunes, we can right click on an item then click 'Get Info' to edit a book's metadata just like modifying a song's ID3 tag information.īut with iBooks for Mac in Mavericks, you only get this when right clicking on a book. But a hard-core eBook fan won't think so, many downloaded eBooks don't have a complete meta information, like lack of cover or improper title spelling. Some people may even don't know what is metadata, to put it simply, metadata is the ID card for an eBook, like the cover, title, author name, publisher name, etc.įor those people who purchase eBooks from iBooks Store only, they might feel there is no need to edit the metadata. People can't edit eBooks metadata in iBooks for Mac A lot of people think the iBooks for Mac sucks, because it doesn't allow people to edit the metadata. Finally the day came, but I heard much noise among the cheers.

Dated back to the WWDC 2013, when Apple announced iBooks would be an independent application in the OS X 10.9 Mavericks, all the iBooks lovers are exciting about the coming iBooks for Mac app.

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