Where does Calibre expose the Creator / Translator role.

John IV · 03-26-2023, 02:36 PM

Using the external program 'EPUB Metadata Editor' I am able to set a Translator or Editor for a book separate from its author (via the creator/role drop down). This is stored somewhere in the EPUB metadata as it appears again when I re-open the epub in EPUB Metadata Editor.

I can't seem to find where this extra information is exposed in Calibre for editing. It would be nice to see it on the main edit metadata page. Does this exist? Thanks -

theducks · 03-26-2023, 03:46 PM

Not from the MDE (views).

AFAIK you can only see that (role=) in the books OPF (not controlled by Calibre).

I have been manually adding various role-types into the Authors column:
Joe (trans)
Mike (creator)
Sam (illus)
Betty (ed)

BTW the () does not mess up the sort.

You could create a custom column (#roles. )
Since identifiers is not a custom type,
creator:Mike, illus:Sam

it gets ugly. matching a name with a role.

So I stick with my method.
Maybe someone will write a PI the scans for roles and makes the entru into Authors (this requires no change to Calibre)

Sarmat89 · 03-26-2023, 03:47 PM

Calibre doesn't support roles for authors and contributors.

03-26-2023, 02:36 PM	#1
John IV Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2022 Device: Kindle Scribe	Where does Calibre expose the Creator / Translator role. Using the external program 'EPUB Metadata Editor' I am able to set a Translator or Editor for a book separate from its author (via the creator/role drop down). This is stored somewhere in the EPUB metadata as it appears again when I re-open the epub in EPUB Metadata Editor. I can't seem to find where this extra information is exposed in Calibre for editing. It would be nice to see it on the main edit metadata page. Does this exist? Thanks - Attached Thumbnails

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03-26-2023, 03:46 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,138 Karma: 57532198 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Not from the MDE (views). AFAIK you can only see that (role=) in the books OPF (not controlled by Calibre). I have been manually adding various role-types into the Authors column: Joe (trans) Mike (creator) Sam (illus) Betty (ed) BTW the () does not mess up the sort. You could create a custom column (#roles. ) Since identifiers is not a custom type, creator:Mike, illus:Sam it gets ugly. matching a name with a role. So I stick with my method. Maybe someone will write a PI the scans for roles and makes the entru into Authors (this requires no change to Calibre)

03-26-2023, 03:47 PM	#3
Sarmat89 Evangelist Posts: 485 Karma: 2267928 Join Date: Nov 2015 Device: none	Calibre doesn't support roles for authors and contributors.

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