XHTML to EPUB and MOBI: How to mark up metadata in source document

johnstephens · 05-17-2012, 02:02 PM

Hi!

I'm a web developer, and I want to mark up XHTML documents for quick conversion to EPUB and MOBI formats. Calibre handles my source documents very well, but I'd like to automate the process as much as possible— Is there any way to incorporate metadata in the XHTML source code in a way that Calibre can recognize? In particular, I'd like to specify an image URL to be used as the cover, author(s), a publisher, and keywords.

I note that Readability uses something similar to the hAtom microformat to extract article metadata, and I haven't incorporated that into my template yet. Can Calibre parse mircoformats or other data structures?

Thanks for your guidance!

kovidgoyal · 05-17-2012, 02:56 PM

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...44&postcount=9

johnstephens · 05-18-2012, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...44&postcount=9

Thank you, Kovid! That's exactly what I was looking for. Do you know of any way to specify the URL of an image for Calibre to use as the cover?

Cheers!

kovidgoyal · 05-18-2012, 10:04 PM

cover specification in html is not supported. I suggest using the --cover option to ebook-convert

johnstephens · 05-21-2012, 06:59 PM

Thank you again! I did not know that Calibre had command-line tools— that's great! I have tried to specify a URL for the input file with no success. Is there a quick way to point Calibre's ebook-convert tool to a web document for input?

kovidgoyal · 05-22-2012, 12:17 AM

wget
ebook-convert

johnstephens · 05-23-2012, 02:58 PM

Thank you! wget was my backup plan. I'll do some more testing before posting additional questions— I'm very grateful for your guidance and support!

05-17-2012, 02:02 PM	#1
johnstephens Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Harrisonburg, VA - USA Device: Kindle, Nook, iPad	XHTML to EPUB and MOBI: How to mark up metadata in source document Hi! I'm a web developer, and I want to mark up XHTML documents for quick conversion to EPUB and MOBI formats. Calibre handles my source documents very well, but I'd like to automate the process as much as possible— Is there any way to incorporate metadata in the XHTML source code in a way that Calibre can recognize? In particular, I'd like to specify an image URL to be used as the cover, author(s), a publisher, and keywords. I note that Readability uses something similar to the hAtom microformat to extract article metadata, and I haven't incorporated that into my template yet. Can Calibre parse mircoformats or other data structures? Thanks for your guidance!

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05-17-2012, 02:56 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...44&postcount=9

05-18-2012, 10:04 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	cover specification in html is not supported. I suggest using the --cover option to ebook-convert

05-21-2012, 06:59 PM	#5
johnstephens Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Harrisonburg, VA - USA Device: Kindle, Nook, iPad	Thank you again! I did not know that Calibre had command-line tools— that's great! I have tried to specify a URL for the input file with no success. Is there a quick way to point Calibre's ebook-convert tool to a web document for input?

05-22-2012, 12:17 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	wget ebook-convert

05-23-2012, 02:58 PM	#7
johnstephens Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Harrisonburg, VA - USA Device: Kindle, Nook, iPad	Thank you! wget was my backup plan. I'll do some more testing before posting additional questions— I'm very grateful for your guidance and support!

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