---
name: "epub-meta"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "calibre"
version: "2.75.1+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/epub-meta"
---

# epub-meta(1)

read and write metadata from an EPUB ebook file

## NAME

**epub-meta - read and write metadata from an EPUB ebook file**

## USAGE

**epub-meta \[options\] myfile.epub**

## DESCRIPTION

**Read and write metadata from an ebook file.**

**Whenever you pass arguments to epub-meta that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks.**

## MAIN OPTIONS

- **--version**

  **show program´s version number and exit**

- **-h, --help**

  **show this help message and exit**

- **-t TITLE, --title=TITLE**

  **Set the book title**

- **-a AUTHORS, --authors=AUTHORS**

  **Set the authors**

- **--comment=COMMENT**

  **Set the comment**

- **--tags=TAGS**

  **A comma separated list of tags to set**

- **--series=SERIES**

  **The series to which this book belongs**

- **--series-index=SERIES\_INDEX**

  **The series index**

- **--language=LANGUAGE**

  **The book language**

- **--get-cover**

  **Extract the cover**

## AUTHOR

**Created by Kovid Goyal \<kovid@kovidgoyal.net\>**