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Self publishing expo 2013: Encouraging Best Practices in Metadata
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Crafting Metadata-Titles
• Losing Hope: Book One of the Sienna St. James Series
• This Heart Within Me Burns – From Bedlam to Benidorm
(Revised & Updated)
• #06 Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Sussex
Vampire
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Where the Data Should Go
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Subtitle
Series Title
Translated Title
Series Number
Volume Number
Edition Number
Edition Info
Language
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Crafting Metadata- Description
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Provide a detailed description
Include common keywords
Most important information at the beginning
Don’t copy text
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21.
Crafting Metadata-Author Biography
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Information that will not change
No family or personal aspects of life
Degrees
Literary Awards
Recent Works
Series Titles
Journals or articles published
>100 words
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22.
Crafting Metadata- BISAC Codes
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Standardized list of terms
Required for retailers
Be specific not general
Choose multiple codes
List the most important code first
ART015030 ART / European
ART016000 ART / Individual Artists / General
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Crafting Metadata- Keywords
• No standardization
• Unrelated hits
Search word: Art
Results: Etch A Sketch (product)
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Novel)
Artemis Fowl (character)
• False positives
Orange is the new Black (not about color theory)
The Glass Castle (not about architecture)
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