DISAMBIGUATION OF AN E-BOOK SERIES NAME

1 . A method for disambiguating an e-Book series name for an e-Book, the method comprising:

accessing, on an e-Reading device, metadata associated with the e-Book;

finding, in the metadata, a name portion of e-Book series metadata conflated with non-name related information; and

utilizing a plurality of rules on the name portion of the e-Book series metadata conflated with non-name related information to determine a distinct e-Book series name.

2 . The method as recited by claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules comprises:

removing an enclosing symbol from a beginning and an end of the name portion of the e-Book series metadata conflated with non-name related information,

3 . The method as recited by claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules comprises:

replacing a written out word number with an analogous numerical digit in the name portion of the e-Book series metadata conflated with non-name related information.

4 . The method as recited by claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules comprises:

removing a series number with a preceding keyword from a beginning of the name portion of the e-Book series metadata conflated with non-name related information.

5 . The method as recited by claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules comprises:

removing a series number with a preceding symbol from a beginning of the e-Book series metadata conflated with non-name related information.

6 . The method as recited by claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules comprises:

removing a series number with a preceding keyword from an end of the e-Book series metadata conflated with non-name related information.

7 . The method as recited by claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules comprises:

removing a series number separated by a character from an end of the e-Book series metadata conflated with non-name related information.

8 . The method as recited by claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules comprises:

removing a pattern of numbers from the e-Book series metadata conflated with non-name related information.

9 . The method as recited by claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules comprises:

removing any non-letter characters from the e-Book series metadata conflated with non-name related information.

10 . The method as recited by claim 1 , further comprising:

modifying the plurality of rules based on an other than English language; and

modifying the plurality of rules based on an other than English naming convention.

11 . An e-reading device comprising:

a memory that stores a set of instructions, an e-Book having digital content therein and metadata associated with the e-Book;

a touch screen display;

a processor that accesses the instructions in memory, the processor configured to:

access the metadata associated with the e-Book;

find, in the metadata, a name portion of an e-Book series metadata intermingled with non-name related information; and

a metadata disambiguator to receive the name portion of the e-Book series metadata intermingled with non-name related information and extract the non-name related information therefrom to obtain a specific e-Book series name.

12 . The e-reading device of claim 11 wherein the metadata disambiguator comprises:

a plurality of rules.

13 . The e-reading device of claim 112 wherein the plurality of rules comprises:

at least one rule to remove an enclosing symbol from a beginning and an end of the e-Book series metadata;

at least one rule to replace a written out word with an equivalent numerical digit in the e-Book series metadata; and

at least one rule to replace a roman numeral with an equivalent numerical digit in the e-Book series metadata.

14 . The e-reading device of claim 12 wherein the plurality of rules comprises:

at least one rule to remove a series number with a preceding keyword from a beginning of the e-Book series metadata; and

at least one rule to remove the series number with a preceding symbol from a beginning of the e-Book series metadata.

15 . The e-reading device of claim 12 wherein the plurality of rules comprises:

at least one rule to remove a series number with a preceding keyword from an end of the e-Book series metadata; and

at least one rule to remove a series number separated by a character from an end of the e-Book series metadata.

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor of an e-reading device, cause the hardware processor to perform a method for determining an e-Book series name for an e-Book presented on an e-Reading device, the method comprising:

accessing metadata associated with the e-Book on the e-Reading device;

finding, in the metadata, a name portion of an e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information; and

utilizing a plurality of rules on the name portion of the e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information to determine a distinct e-Book series name.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited by claim 16 , further comprising:

removing an enclosing symbol from a beginning and an end of the name portion of the e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information;

replacing a written out number with an analogous numerical digit in the name portion of the e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information; and

replacing a roman numeral with an analogous numerical digit in the name portion of the e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited by claim 16 , further comprising:

removing a series number with a preceding keyword from a beginning of the name portion of the e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information; and

removing the series number with the preceding keyword from an end of the name portion of the e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited by claim 16 , further comprising:

removing a series number with a preceding symbol from a beginning of the e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information; and

removing the series number with the preceding symbol from an end of the e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited by claim 16 , further comprising:

removing a series number separated by a character from a beginning of the e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information; and

removing the series number separated by the character from an end of the e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information.