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Title

Virginie Bouilhac
Updated

Definition

Your eBook's title as it appears in the book and as it should appear on the product page.
--> Required field.

Best Practice

Please refrain from appending "A" or "The" to the end of the title as it might interfere with search functions. ONIX has a specific field for the "A" and "The": <TitlePrefix>. Also, please refrain from adding the subtitle in the title field and use the appropriate Excel field or ONIX tag.

Correct Usage (example) 

Info Excel ONIX 2.1 ONIX 3.0
Reference Name Title: The Shark in the Park 
<Title>
<TitleType>01</TitleType>
<TitleText>The Shark In The Park</TitleText>
</Title>
 
<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>01</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>01</TitleElementLevel>
<TitlePrefix>The</TitlePrefix>
<TitleWithoutPrefix>Shark In The Park</TitleWithoutPrefix>
<Subtitle>Left Shark's Park Lark</Subtitle>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>
Short Tag N/A 
<title>
<b202>01</b202>
<b203>Shark In The Park</b203>
</title>
 
<titledetail>
<b202>01</b202>
<titleelement>
<x409>01</x409>
<b030>The</b030>
<b031>Shark In The Park</b031>
<b029>Left Shark’s Park Lark</b029>
</titleelement>
</titledetail>
Character Limits 250 250

250

 

Common Errors (example)

Incorrect: Fellowship of the Ring, The

Notes

Book titles, subtitles, series titles or author fields that include extraneous words that are not actually part of the official title, subtitle, series title or author name are not acceptable and lead to confusion and the corruption of metadata standards. We respectfully request that you ensure your catalog of titles does not include such details so that the overall Kobo catalog can offer the purest experience for our customers around the world.

Please consult BIC Statement on Best Practice for Subtitle Field in Metadata Feeds.

 

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