diff --git a/defaults.ini b/defaults.ini
index 566581e..575b039 100644
--- a/defaults.ini
+++ b/defaults.ini
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ extratags_label:Extra Tags
 version_label:FFDL Version
 
 ## items to include in the title page
-## Empty entries will *not* appear, even if in the list.
+## Empty metadata entries will *not* appear, even if in the list.
+## You can include extra text or HTML that will be included as-is in
+## the title page. Eg: titlepage_entries: ...,<br />,summary,<br />,...
 ## All current formats already include title and author.
 titlepage_entries: series,category,genre,language,characters,status,datePublished,dateUpdated,dateCreated,rating,warnings,numChapters,numWords,site,description
 
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/configurable.py b/fanficdownloader/configurable.py
index a9be13e..d5fee5d 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/configurable.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/configurable.py
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ class Configurable(object):
     def addConfigSection(self,section):
         self.sectionslist.insert(0,section)
 
+    def hasConfig(self, key):
+        for section in self.sectionslist:
+            try:
+                self.config.get(section,key)
+                print("found %s in section [%s]"%(key,section))
+                return True
+            except:
+                pass
+
+        return False
+        
     def getConfig(self, key):
         val = ""
         for section in self.sectionslist:
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/writers/base_writer.py b/fanficdownloader/writers/base_writer.py
index f386ef3..7f23084 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/writers/base_writer.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/writers/base_writer.py
@@ -149,18 +149,22 @@ class BaseStoryWriter(Configurable):
                             TEMPLATE=WIDE_ENTRY
                         else:
                             TEMPLATE=ENTRY
-                        if self.getConfigList(entry):
+                            
+                        if self.hasConfig(entry+"_label"):
                             label=self.getConfig(entry+"_label")
                         else:
+                            print("Using fallback label for %s_label"%entry)
                             label=self.titleLabels[entry]
 
                         # If the label for the title entry is empty, use the
-                        # 'no title' option if there is one.  
+                        # 'no title' option if there is one.
                         if label == "" and NO_TITLE_ENTRY:
                            TEMPLATE= NO_TITLE_ENTRY
                            
                         self._write(out,TEMPLATE.substitute({'label':label,
                                                              'value':self.story.getMetadata(entry)}))
+                else:
+                    self._write(out, entry)
 
             self._write(out,END.substitute(self.story.metadata))
 
diff --git a/plugin-defaults.ini b/plugin-defaults.ini
index eab030e..3c4e093 100644
--- a/plugin-defaults.ini
+++ b/plugin-defaults.ini
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ extratags_label:Extra Tags
 version_label:FFDL Version
 
 ## items to include in the title page
-## Empty entries will *not* appear, even if in the list.
+## Empty metadata entries will *not* appear, even if in the list.
+## You can include extra text or HTML that will be included as-is in
+## the title page. Eg: titlepage_entries: ...,<br />,summary,<br />,...
 ## All current formats already include title and author.
 titlepage_entries: series,category,genre,language,characters,status,datePublished,dateUpdated,dateCreated,rating,warnings,numChapters,numWords,site,description