diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py
index 059aeca324..6f875ae803 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ class HTMLInput(InputFormatPlugin):
             rewrite_links, urlnormalize, urldefrag, BINARY_MIME, OEB_STYLES, \
             xpath
         from calibre import guess_type
+        from calibre.ebooks.oeb.transforms.metadata import \
+            meta_info_to_oeb_metadata
         import cssutils
         self.OEB_STYLES = OEB_STYLES
         oeb = create_oebbook(log, None, opts, self,
@@ -321,15 +323,7 @@ class HTMLInput(InputFormatPlugin):
         self.oeb = oeb
 
         metadata = oeb.metadata
-        if mi.title:
-            metadata.add('title', mi.title)
-        if mi.authors:
-            for a in mi.authors:
-                metadata.add('creator', a, attrib={'role':'aut'})
-        if mi.publisher:
-            metadata.add('publisher', mi.publisher)
-        if mi.isbn:
-            metadata.add('identifier', mi.isbn, attrib={'scheme':'ISBN'})
+        meta_info_to_oeb_metadata(mi, metadata, log)
         if not metadata.language:
             oeb.logger.warn(u'Language not specified')
             metadata.add('language', get_lang().replace('_', '-'))
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/html.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/html.py
index f4eaa7cc61..fd42b2882f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/html.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/html.py
@@ -170,7 +170,27 @@ def get_metadata_(src, encoding=None):
         if match:
             series = match.group(1)
     if series:
+        pat = re.compile(r'\[([.0-9]+)\]')
+        match = pat.search(series)
+        series_index = None
+        if match is not None:
+            try:
+                series_index = float(match.group(1))
+            except:
+                pass
+            series = series.replace(match.group(), '').strip()
+
         mi.series = ent_pat.sub(entity_to_unicode, series)
+        if series_index is None:
+            pat = get_meta_regexp_("Seriesnumber")
+            match = pat.search(src)
+            if match:
+                try:
+                    series_index = float(match.group(1))
+                except:
+                    pass
+        if series_index is not None:
+            mi.series_index = series_index
 
     # RATING
     rating = None