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This is a very simple script. It assumes you have a frame on the first document with the script label "theBookTitle". The contents of this frame are then copied to all documents in the book.
Chapter documents should have a text frame on their first master spread that has the same "theBookTitle" label.

I hope the script makes it through the forum software.

Regarding guides on InDesign scripting, there is a long thread on top of this forum, besides there are several references on the Adobe page
 <http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/xml_scripting.html>

Dirk



if( app.books.length==0 ) { 
    alert(�no book�); 
    exit(0); 
}

var theBook = app.books[0]; 
var theBookTitle = �no book title found�; 
for( docInx=0; docInx<theBook.bookContents.length; docInx++ ) { 
    var theDoc = app.open(theBook.bookContents[docInx].fullName); 
    if( docInx==0 ) { 
        var theSpread = theDoc.spreads[0]; 
        for( itemInx=0; itemInx<theSpread.textFrames.length; itemInx++ ) { 
            var theItem = theSpread.textFrames[itemInx]; 
            if( theItem.label==�theBookTitle� ) { 
                theBookTitle = theItem.texts[0].contents; 
                break; 
            } 
        } 
    }   
    var theSpread = theDoc.masterSpreads[0]; 
    for( itemInx=0; itemInx<theSpread.textFrames.length; itemInx++ ) { 
        var theItem = theSpread.textFrames[itemInx]; 
        if( theItem.appliedObjectStyle!=null ) 
        if( theItem.label==�theBookTitle� ) { 
            theItem.texts[0].contents = theBookTitle; 
        } 
    } 
}