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GRiker · 09-18-2010, 08:51 AM

Generation of book jackets has been enhanced in release 0.7.19.

If you're not familiar with the feature, here's how it works.

When converting an ebook from one format to another, you may optionally insert elements of the book's metadata as a page at the beginning of the book. The page's header is constructed using the ebook's title, series, publication date, rating and tags. Comments are appended below the header. The option is enabled in Convert books|Structure Detection|Insert metadata as page at start of book.

The inserted book jacket provides a quick way to read a synopsis of the book as you open it, or to review calibre's metadata associated with the book. I find it handy to check the year of publication while reading a book.

Not all users want the same metadata added to their book jackets, so part of the enhancement is the ability to control the layout and presentation of the generated book jacket via CSS. You can find the CSS file in calibre's resources:

OSX:

Code:

Applications/calibre/Contents/Resources/resources/jacket/stylesheet.css

Windows:

Code:

C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\jacket\stylesheet.css

The CSS file contains comments describing how to disable the display of individual metadata elements.

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09-18-2010, 08:51 AM	#1
GRiker Comparer of the Ephemeris Posts: 1,496 Karma: 424697 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad	Book jacket enhancements in 0.7.19 Generation of book jackets has been enhanced in release 0.7.19. If you're not familiar with the feature, here's how it works. When converting an ebook from one format to another, you may optionally insert elements of the book's metadata as a page at the beginning of the book. The page's header is constructed using the ebook's title, series, publication date, rating and tags. Comments are appended below the header. The option is enabled in Convert books\|Structure Detection\|Insert metadata as page at start of book. The inserted book jacket provides a quick way to read a synopsis of the book as you open it, or to review calibre's metadata associated with the book. I find it handy to check the year of publication while reading a book. Not all users want the same metadata added to their book jackets, so part of the enhancement is the ability to control the layout and presentation of the generated book jacket via CSS. You can find the CSS file in calibre's resources: OSX: Code: Applications/calibre/Contents/Resources/resources/jacket/stylesheet.css Windows: Code: C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\jacket\stylesheet.css The CSS file contains comments describing how to disable the display of individual metadata elements. G Last edited by GRiker; 09-18-2010 at 10:43 AM.