Convert to EPUB without Cover Page?

Handyman1 · 10-10-2010, 01:47 AM

I would like to eliminate the cover pages entirely during conversion. How is this done? I want to see the first page of the content, not the cover, when I select the book in Stanza.

Right now, I'm seeing either a blank page, or the Title and the Calibre icon/logo image as a cover. Is there some way to eliminate the cover entirely?

I'm converting from html to EPUB, for Stanza on an iPod Touch 4g.

Thanks.

wallcraft · 10-10-2010, 09:53 AM

Are you selecting "no default cover" for ePub output? On the command line this is --no-default-epub-cover.

Note that ePub has the convention that the first page is the cover, so readers that show the cover will show the 1st page even if it a page of text.

Mobipocket suggests marking the ePub cover as linear="no" in the spine. This is probably a bad idea for a widely used ePub, but you could see if this works (i.e. skips the cover on start) with Stanza. The new Tweak epub Calibre feature should allow you to test this.

Handyman1 · 10-10-2010, 03:01 PM

Yes, I checkmarked "no default cover" and "no SVG cover" but I still get a cover page.

If I create the ePub in Sigil, Stanza displays the book without a cover. I'm trying to get this to work in Calibre.

DoctorOhh · 10-10-2010, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Handyman1

Yes, I checkmarked "no default cover" and "no SVG cover" but I still get a cover page.

I'm not sure how to do what you want, but No SVG cover just means it will use a JPG instead and stanza views JPG images fine. I don't think Stanza displays SVG images. Unchecking No SVG cover might at least give you a cover you can't see.

speakingtohe · 10-11-2010, 01:29 AM

Quote:

Right now, I'm seeing either a blank page, or the Title and the Calibre icon/logo image as a cover. Is there some way to eliminate the cover entirely?

Used to be that the remove cover button in edit metadata actually worked for a conversion.
You can download an older version of calibre (before 7.x) and convert them and reimport them into the newer version.

I was told that the code hadn't been changed that handles this for quite some time and to enter a ticket with a sample file which I did. Perhaps it works in linux?

Helen

Handyman1 · 10-11-2010, 02:50 AM

Well, it started working OK when I tried converting some newer files. Maybe once there's a cover in the ePub file, the Calibre "no default cover" option doesn't remove it. I'm not really sure, but it seems to work now. Thanks.

Catlady · 10-16-2010, 12:49 AM

I too am getting a cover when I don't want one. I am new to this. I am converting my own short (14 pp.) .pdf file to .epub, and I am getting the first page of text as a cover. I've checked "no default cover" and "no SVG cover" and I still get the cover page. I've also tried it with only "no default cover" checked, same result.

If I can't get rid of the darn cover, I at least create a cover page of my own that won't show up as both cover and the first page of text? Thanks!

kovidgoyal · 10-16-2010, 08:27 AM

If your input document has a cover (in the case of PDF the cover is assumed to be the first page of the file) then the output epub will use that cover.

Catlady · 10-16-2010, 12:22 PM

I'm not following this. I want to avoid having the first page of my .pdf show up twice--once as a cover and once as the first page of text. How do I do that?

kovidgoyal · 10-16-2010, 01:03 PM

You specify something else as the cover.

Catlady · 10-16-2010, 02:30 PM

????

How? Where is the option to do that?

kovidgoyal · 10-16-2010, 02:52 PM

set a cover for the book, it will be used instead of the cover from the input document.

Catlady · 10-16-2010, 03:09 PM

HOW? HOW do I set a different cover?

DoctorOhh · 10-16-2010, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catlady

HOW? HOW do I set a different cover?

Edit metadata window (see attached).

Catlady · 10-17-2010, 10:18 AM

Thank you!

10-10-2010, 01:47 AM	#1
Handyman1 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: iPod Touch 4g	Convert to EPUB without Cover Page? I would like to eliminate the cover pages entirely during conversion. How is this done? I want to see the first page of the content, not the cover, when I select the book in Stanza. Right now, I'm seeing either a blank page, or the Title and the Calibre icon/logo image as a cover. Is there some way to eliminate the cover entirely? I'm converting from html to EPUB, for Stanza on an iPod Touch 4g. Thanks. Last edited by Handyman1; 10-10-2010 at 01:53 AM.

10-10-2010, 09:53 AM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	Are you selecting "no default cover" for ePub output? On the command line this is --no-default-epub-cover. Note that ePub has the convention that the first page is the cover, so readers that show the cover will show the 1st page even if it a page of text. Mobipocket suggests marking the ePub cover as linear="no" in the spine. This is probably a bad idea for a widely used ePub, but you could see if this works (i.e. skips the cover on start) with Stanza. The new Tweak epub Calibre feature should allow you to test this. Last edited by wallcraft; 10-10-2010 at 10:05 AM.

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10-10-2010, 03:01 PM	#3
Handyman1 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: iPod Touch 4g	Yes, I checkmarked "no default cover" and "no SVG cover" but I still get a cover page. If I create the ePub in Sigil, Stanza displays the book without a cover. I'm trying to get this to work in Calibre.

10-11-2010, 02:50 AM	#6
Handyman1 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: iPod Touch 4g	Well, it started working OK when I tried converting some newer files. Maybe once there's a cover in the ePub file, the Calibre "no default cover" option doesn't remove it. I'm not really sure, but it seems to work now. Thanks.

10-16-2010, 12:49 AM	#7
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,345 Karma: 52398889 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	I too am getting a cover when I don't want one. I am new to this. I am converting my own short (14 pp.) .pdf file to .epub, and I am getting the first page of text as a cover. I've checked "no default cover" and "no SVG cover" and I still get the cover page. I've also tried it with only "no default cover" checked, same result. If I can't get rid of the darn cover, I at least create a cover page of my own that won't show up as both cover and the first page of text? Thanks!

10-16-2010, 08:27 AM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,835 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If your input document has a cover (in the case of PDF the cover is assumed to be the first page of the file) then the output epub will use that cover.

10-16-2010, 12:22 PM	#9
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,345 Karma: 52398889 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	I'm not following this. I want to avoid having the first page of my .pdf show up twice--once as a cover and once as the first page of text. How do I do that?

10-16-2010, 01:03 PM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,835 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You specify something else as the cover.

10-16-2010, 02:30 PM	#11
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,345 Karma: 52398889 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	???? How? Where is the option to do that?

10-16-2010, 02:52 PM	#12
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,835 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	set a cover for the book, it will be used instead of the cover from the input document.

10-16-2010, 03:09 PM	#13
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,345 Karma: 52398889 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	HOW? HOW do I set a different cover?

10-17-2010, 10:18 AM	#15
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,345 Karma: 52398889 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	Thank you!

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