EPUB Metadata Viewer
100% PrivateFile & Data ConversionOpen an EPUB ebook and see the title, author, publisher and metadata stored inside.
Runs entirely in your browser. Your input is not uploaded to Ovatly or anywhere else.
- 1Choose an .epub file with the file box.
- 2The tool opens the archive on your device, follows the container to the package file, and reads its metadata.
- 3Review the fields in the panel, including the cover thumbnail when the book declares one.
- 4Fields the book does not state are shown as "Not stated" rather than guessed.
Open an EPUB whose package file declares the title "The Example Book", creator "Jane Example", publisher "Example Press", language "en" and date "2024-05-01", and the panel lists exactly those values, shows the identifier urn:isbn:9780000000000, prints the description as plain text ("A short book about examples."), and displays the cover image stored in the file.
- The viewer reads metadata only; it does not open the book's chapters or check that the book renders correctly.
- Metadata quality depends on whoever made the EPUB. Many real books have missing publishers, odd dates or marketing text in the description; the tool shows what is actually stored.
- Password-protected or corrupt files get a plain "not a readable EPUB" message instead of a partial report.
No. An EPUB is a zip archive, and your browser opens it locally with JSZip. The file never leaves your device.
About this tool
The EPUB Metadata Viewer opens an ebook file and shows the information stored inside it: title, author, publisher, language, publication date, identifiers, subjects, description and cover. It is the quick way to check what an EPUB says about itself before you catalogue, convert or publish it.
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