Location: Book Metadata

Book Metadata

To specify book metadata:

  1. From Authoring Home, select or search for an eText.
  2. From the Authoring menu, click Review and Enter Book Metadata.
  3. Review or complete the following fields:
Global Book ID Read-only. It is a unique identifier for an eText generated by the Content Manager application. It is available across entire eText platform including Content Manager, Authoring and Viewer applications.
Book ID

Read-only. It is generated by the Authoring tool. You can see it in both Authoring and Viewer applications.

Note: The Book ID and Global Book ID are different.
Book Title* The title of the eText.
Book Edition The edition of the eText; for example, Third Edition.
Authors* First Name, Last Name, and Other for additional information. Click Add an Author to display a new line and to add another author. Click Delete Author to delete the author already added.
Copyright Year Select the year from the menu.
ISBN

The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a number that uniquely identifies books.

isbn — 10-digit ISBN assigned to the book

ebookisbn — 10-digit ISBN assigned to the eText

isbn13 — 13-digit ISBN assigned to the book

ebookisbn13 — 13-digit ISBN assigned to the eText
Description Description for the eText.
Orientation

Determines the orientation of the eText when it is displayed in two page view using the eText Viewer. Select either Verso or Recto (default).

When you select Recto, all odd pages appear on the right; when you select Verso all odd pages appear on the left. For example if you go to page number 7 in two page view, pages 6 and 7 display for Recto view while for Verso pages 7 and 8 appear.
Show links by default Determines whether hotspots (links) are visible to the user in the eText Viewer, by default. To make them display to the user select Yes; to hide them from the user select No. The eText Authoring tool clears Show Links check box when you select the No option.
Book TOC Levels*

In the Number to Show menu, select the number of levels to display in the Table of Contents.

Select the Role (unit, chapter, h1, h2, h3, for example) for each of the TOC levels.
Cover Art*

For each of the three types of cover art: Thumbnail, Cover, Navigation bar, and iPad, do the following:

  • Specify the relative path where the art is located.
  • Select the Type (from the list).
  • Specify the art resolution in DPI.
Minimum Hotspot Height* Determines minimum hotspot height for every new hotspot created in the authoring tool. The smallest hotspot you can create is 7 pixels high x 7 pixels wide.

* Required

  1. Click Save to save the information.

To designate this task as complete in the Proofing Tasks list in the Authoring menu: 

  1. From Authoring Home, select or search for an eText.
  2. From the Authoring menu, click Review and Enter Book Metadata .
  3. Click the Task Complete button in the upper-right of the page. The task status is displayed as Complete in the Authoring Menu page.

Note: Once the task is marked as complete, the Task Completed button in the upper right of the page changes to Revert - Task Complete.

To revert and designate this completed task as incomplete:

  1. From Authoring Home, select or search for an eText.
  2. From the Authoring menu, click Review and Enter Book Metadata.
  3. Click the Revert - Task Complete button in the upper-right of the page. The task status column becomes blank in the Authoring Menu page.