What is Metadata?

Modified on Wed, 5 Feb at 4:33 PM

Book Metadata is the information packaged alongside your book files.

Book Metadata can be as basic as your book title or as complicated as keywords and BISAC categories, but what it really boils down it is that book metadata is everything that’s needed to categorize and sell your book.

Metadata helps inform readers where to start reading your work and helps connect readers to your next book. These details serve as instructions to help put your books in the right place, and Draft2Digital is proud of our cleanly formatted metadata. D2D works with our store partners to get your book placed exactly where you tell us to.

Included in your shared metadata:

Front Cover Art
Book Title
Series Name
Volume Number
Book Language
Authors
Publisher
Search Terms
Target Audience Age
BISAC Subjects

At Draft2Digital, this metadata is shared between your ebooks and print books.

If you need to edit any of your metadata, go to the first step of editing your ebook or print book and click the "Edit shared metadata and cover" link found at the top of the page. This will open up your current metadata for you to review before you click the "Edit shared metadata and cover" text link.

EXAMPLE EBOOK PUBLISHING PROCESS

Was this article helpful?