Title Page Issue - ePub to ePub conversion

library addict · 11-23-2013, 11:11 PM

I'm having an issue where the title page in some of the books I've converted has disappeared from the ePub (ePub to ePub conversion). These are title pages where there is no text only a photo. I do not have the option to "Remove first image" checked on the Structure Detection page in conversion options.

The format in the original ePub is

Spoiler:

where XXX is the book title. They all have img alt="[image]" whereas with other books I've converted where the title page stays the coding is different.

I'm sure there's some obvious reason the whole page disappears that I'm not seeing. I've tried converting to LIT and then back to ePub but the title page disappears still.

This is a small number of books, but I would like to understand why it is happening. Thanks.

jackie_w · 11-24-2013, 11:09 AM

The thing that springs to mind is that maybe your epub has defined (in its opf file) what you refer to as 'title page' as the cover. So when calibre does the conversion it replaces the 'old cover' (i.e. your title page) with the 'new cover', i.e. the cover you have stored in the calibre library for this book.

library addict · 11-24-2013, 02:38 PM

Makes sense. I'm not sure how to edit that. So need to learn something new.

Thanks.

ETA: I was able to go in and raname the picture and edit the link to reflect the new name using Explode epub and it worked like a charm. Thanks again.

11-23-2013, 11:11 PM	#1
library addict Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,903 Karma: 35535698 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Nexus 7 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8" (retired=Sony PRS650, Kobo Mini)	Title Page Issue - ePub to ePub conversion I'm having an issue where the title page in some of the books I've converted has disappeared from the ePub (ePub to ePub conversion). These are title pages where there is no text only a photo. I do not have the option to "Remove first image" checked on the Structure Detection page in conversion options. The format in the original ePub is Spoiler: <body class="text"> <div class="split"> <p class="image-center"><span><img alt="[image]" src="Images/XXX-title.jpg"></span></p> <a id="page-vi"></a></div> <a id="page-vi"> </a> </body> where XXX is the book title. They all have img alt="[image]" whereas with other books I've converted where the title page stays the coding is different. I'm sure there's some obvious reason the whole page disappears that I'm not seeing. I've tried converting to LIT and then back to ePub but the title page disappears still. This is a small number of books, but I would like to understand why it is happening. Thanks.

11-24-2013, 02:38 PM	#3
library addict Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,903 Karma: 35535698 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Nexus 7 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8" (retired=Sony PRS650, Kobo Mini)	Makes sense. I'm not sure how to edit that. So need to learn something new. Thanks. ETA: I was able to go in and raname the picture and edit the link to reflect the new name using Explode epub and it worked like a charm. Thanks again. Last edited by library addict; 11-24-2013 at 03:05 PM.

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11-24-2013, 11:09 AM	#2
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,212 Karma: 16534894 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: Kobo: KA1, ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E. PocketBook: TouchHD3	The thing that springs to mind is that maybe your epub has defined (in its opf file) what you refer to as 'title page' as the cover. So when calibre does the conversion it replaces the 'old cover' (i.e. your title page) with the 'new cover', i.e. the cover you have stored in the calibre library for this book.

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