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Set EPUB meta fields
On the top level - even before your first # First Headline you want to have a block which sets the EPUB meta fields, like:
$[title](My Booktitle)
$[author](John Doe)
$[language](EN)
$[uuid](18b04cfb-6d81-405f-833f-aa5182212bbb)
$[series](My Series)
$[entry](2)
the name of the meta field in the square brackets have to be all lower case or they won't be identified by spell.
This is the titel of your book. This is usually not the same as your first headline which names your first chapter. Ebook readers use this information for listing your book in you library. usually it is also represented on the cover image.
The name of the author. Multiple Authors can be added by just repeating this command for every author. Ebook readers or tools like Calibre use this information for displaying the name and searching/filtering for this author.
Sets the series-name this book belongs to. A book can be in a set or in a series, but not in both. See also Entry below.
Sets the set-name this book belongs to. A book can be in a set or in a series, but not in both. See also Entry below.
![set]("My Series")
![entry]("2")
Set the entry number in the set or series of this book. This is optional, but if specified it must be a repeating dotted decimal number. (like 1.2.3.4.5.6 or just 2).
This is only valid to set for books that have a series or set name attached to them.
Manually assigns a unique ID to the book. The UUID follows a standard and is formated like in our example 18b04cfb-6d81-405f-833f-aa5182212bbb. There are online generators to generate a random unique number.
If set, this UUID overrides the default UUID that is automatically generated for this epub. Since many ebook readers use the UUID to identify a book it's usually wise to assign the same UUID to different revisions of a book.
The language your book is written in, using ISO codes. Like DE for German, EN for English and FR for French.