Users must be able to make informed decisions when purchasing, borrowing, or consulting an ebook. Providing a core set of metadata—including the title, contributors, publisher (or self-publishing credit), a cover image, the primary language, and the identifier for the original source edition (e.g., the print ISBN)—ensures transparency and usability.

Objectives

• Improve the book’s discoverability.
• Minimize the risk of customer complaints or returns.

Implementation

• Link the metadata information to the digital book file.
• Display the metadata on the book’s description or product page.

Control

• Check that the title is displayed by a reading system.
• Check that the author’s name is displayed by a reading system.
• Verify that a cover image is present.
• Ensure that a primary language is specified.
• If applicable, verify that the identifier for the original physical version is provided.