Metadata: Like Wheels On A Car

A Self-Publisher’s Guide to Metadata for Books

Whomever buys your ISBN from Bowker controls the metadata for that book — so if you’re a self-published author, it should be you.

Boldfaced emphasis added by me.

Additional:

The Trouble with Google Books
Why Publishers Fear Metadata
My Day on Kindle Nation

Previously here:

Twitter Misses The Metadata Boat