Libiry2Go generates markdown files with the custom field names that you set in Libiry’s settings menu. Each file contains YAML frontmatter, compatible with Obsidian.
Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale.md
Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale(1).md
William Gibson - Neuromancer.md
Unknown - Renate Oude Nijeweme - Insular.md
File naming pattern: <author> - <booktitle>(<sequence number>).md. If the file’s metadata are not filled in, the file name is copied from the original file.
File name sanitization:
- Spaces → hyphens
- Special characters are removed
- Maximum 100 characters
- Duplicate handling with numbers
File structure
---
cover: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/isbn/9780547928227-L.jpg
booktitle: The Handmaid's Tale
author: Margaret Atwood
isbn: 9780385490818
rating: 5.0
language: en
tags: distopian, scifi
path: Scifi/Atwood
size: 751.5 KB
type: epub
---
# The Handmaid's Tale Characteristics
- Uses YAML frontmatter (Obsidian-compatible)
- One markdown file per book
- Filename derived from book title
- Content section below frontmatter (optional)
- Compatible with Libiry for viewing
Fields
These fields when available:
| Field | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| cover | Cover image URL | |
| booktitle | Book title | |
| author | Author name | |
| author_sort | Author sort name | |
| isbn | ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 | |
| rating | User rating (0-10) | |
| publisher | Publisher name | |
| publication_date | ||
| language | Publication language | |
| pages | ||
| tags | Genre/category tags | |
| series | Series name | |
| series_index | Volume number | |
| translator | ||
| illustrator | ||
| description | ||
| notes | ||
| file | Original file name, including folder path | |
| size | ||
| type | ||
| created | Creation date of the book - for tracking your reading habits | |
| updated | Modified date of the book - for tracking your reading habits | |
| generated | Date the markdown file was generated |
Content sanitization:
- Backslashes in the path name → forward slashes
- Intermediate quotes in field values are removed
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