11-30-2014, 11:02 PM | #1 | |
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Title Page Confusion
I've just finished editing my eBook with Sigil, and then I discovered that it's on it's last legs and the author has advised that we move to Calibre. I understand that another author has picked it up, but that's not why I'm here. I was reading the Editor User Guide for Calibre and found this text:
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I have a cover image of course, and the information on my current "title page" is the copyright, author and publisher information. |
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12-01-2014, 12:05 AM | #2 |
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Hmm, that description seems a little strange to tell you the truth.
If you right-click on an HTML file, you will see an option to "Mark %s as cover page" -- this will mark a page as the embedded HTML cover. It usually contains nothing but an image file, which is marked as the cover image. Both of these help ereaders display a cover. The cover image is used when extracting metadata, and the cover page is often given special powers by the ereader. For instance, it can be rendered in the Metadata ToC, and sometimes is the location that should be first opened to. The semantic value "titlepage" is nothing special, any more than the "colophon" page. You can mark the first page, after the cover image, as the Title Page, if you like. Few if any ereaders will care. It is the equivalent the page in a paper book that lists the title, author, and publisher. It usually comes right after the obligatory meaningless reviews, and the Also By This Author page. |
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Continue with the Calibre editor if you want, I just wanted this to be clear. Some prefer Sigil, some prefer the Calibre editor. It makes no real difference in the end product. |
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And I have Sigil on a couple of systems where I don't have or need calibre. BR |
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12-01-2014, 10:32 AM | #5 |
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I hope it keeps going because I really found Sigil comfortable and simple to work with. I'll keep using it as long as it's stable and seems to be advancing along with the standards.
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12-01-2014, 10:46 AM | #6 |
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Never really used reports, but I do find Sigil's semantics editor easier.
calibre does have a nicer Code View. |
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