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Kindle Comic Converter provides some basic metadata tools you can use to help organize your collection on your device.
## Setup
Before getting started, you'll want to setup your comic image directory so support [[Automatic Output Splitting|Automatic-output-splitting]]. This allows KCC to automatically generate a table of contents for your output file.
Additionally you'll need to compress your directory of comic / manga images into a .zip, .rar, or .7z archive file, and then rename the archive file's extension to turn it into a Comic Book package:
- Change the extention for **.zip** files to **.cbz**
- Change the extention for **.rar** files to **.cbr**
- Change the extention for **.7z** files to **.cb7**
## Adding basic metadata
After opening KCC, click the Editor button and select the Comic Book package you just created. From this window, you'll be able to add some basic metadata to the package, such as:
* Series - also acts as the primary basis of the volume's title
* Volume
* Number
* Writer
* Penceiller
* Inker
* Colorist
* [[Manga Cover Database ID|Manga-Cover-Database-support]]
## Adding complex metadata
Your Comic Book package metadata can also be edited using tools like ComicTagger or ComicRack, as long as the metadata complies with the [ComicRack Metadata Format](https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc/wiki/ComicRack-metadata). This is helpful if you want to include more complex metadata in your MOBI / EPUB file.
## MOBI and EPUB conversion
After you've finished adding metadata to your Comic Book package, you can import the package into KCC normally and convert it into a MOBI or EPUB file. In particular:
* For MOBI files:
* The title field will be generated based on the **Series** and **Volume** fields (rather than on the _name of the top level folder_)
* The author field will be generated based on the **Writer** field
* For EPUB files:
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**NOTE**: _You will not be able to do further conversions to KCC generated MOBI or EPUB files, as this tends to corrupt the files._