Tool to modify properties/metadata of a PDF? i.e. Change "Title", "Author"? Sony Reader showing some books as "untitled."

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I own a Sony Reader PRS-600 ebook reader. I bought a ton of Manning Publications ebooks (DRM-free) recently. Many of the books are PDFs since not all the ones I wanted are available in epub format. The problem: Some of the PDF books I purchased have incorrect or missing metadata. Making things wors…

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Fix for: Tool to modify properties/metadata of a PDF? i.e. Change "Title", "Author"? Sony Reader showing some books as "untitled."

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ExifTool can do this pretty easily. On a Mac, download and install the .pkg. Open Terminal.app and run the following command to set the metadata:

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