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Old 09-21-2010, 08:20 PM   #1
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Book cover issue

My apologies if this is posted elsewhere.
I am trying to add an image as a cover but when I open the book in calibre all I get is the first page. Does the image need to be in a special format?
At the moment it is a jpeg.

I need all the help I can get.

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Old 09-24-2010, 07:04 AM   #2
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No a jpg should work just fine.

In Sigil, pick the title page, then use the "image" button, it looks like a picture frame. It should bring up a box that allows you add in a image for the cover.

Alternately you could also add the cover in Calibre by editing the metadata.


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My apologies if this is posted elsewhere.
I am trying to add an image as a cover but when I open the book in calibre all I get is the first page. Does the image need to be in a special format?
At the moment it is a jpeg.

I need all the help I can get.

Thanks
If a cover pre-exists in the book or cover browsers, Calibre will use it to create to create a "Titlepage" when the book is converted.
be aware that all readers do not behave the same, there is an "Convert option" No SVG Image that might need to be set if you can see a cover on the PC, but not on your reader.

Sassanik's way works well for adding (or swapping-out one for a better one without disturbing your additional formatting work) covers and other images after conversion to Epub.
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