Encouraging Best Practices
Patricia.Payton@Bowker.com
@Metadata24X7

Metadata
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Metadata Around Us

Metadata Around Us

Metadata Musts for Every Title
ISBN
Title
Author
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Metadata Musts for Every Title
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Format
Price
Status/Availability
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Metadata Musts for Every Title
Cover Image
Description
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Metadata Musts for Every Title
Audience
Subject
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Book Listing with Required Metadata
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Book Listing With Rich Metadata
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When Your Baby Leaves Home
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The Word Spreads
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It’s Complicated
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Check Your Work
Losing Hope
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Check Your Work

Check Your Work

Keys to Success
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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

Where the Data Should Go
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Subtitle
Series Title
Translated Title
Series Number
Volume Number
Edition Number
Edition Info
Language

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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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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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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Crafting Metadata- Keywords
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www.MyIdentifiers.com
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www.Bookwire.com
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www.SelfPublishedAuthor.com
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Questions and Thank You
Patricia.Payton@Bowker.com
@Metadata24X7
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