Metadata Basics

Metadata. Ah, the less glamorous part of publishing. What exactly is metadata and why should you care?

A quick Google search shows many sites and articles referring to metadata as, well, data on data. Huh? My eyes have already glazed over. Have yours?

In effort to avoid nodding off or losing anyone, I’ll just go over the rudimentary basics as it applies to authors. Metadata is information about your book.

Author name, title, subtitle, publication date, format, ISBN – the bones. Nothing extrao...