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Originally Posted by JSWolf

How does one get a covert to show in the iBooks bookcase and to open at the cover? I have some ePub that do not show the cover properly in the bookcase. Thanks.

This is what works for me.
Add the bold meta statement to your opf file refering to the cover image.
Refer to it in the manifest.
To make it open at the cover add the guide statement

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<package xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" unique-identifier="bookid" version="2.0">
<metadata>
<meta name="cover" content="cover-image" />
<dc:title>deleted</dc:title>
<dc:creator>deleted</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>deleted</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>breasts</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>breast cancer</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>cancer prevention</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>women's health</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>hormones</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>nutrition</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>diet</dc:subject>
<dc:description>deleted</dc:description>
<dcublisher>deleted</dcublisher>
<dc:date>2011</dc:date>
<dc:source />
<dc:relation />
<dc:coverage />
<dc:rights>All rights reserved</dc:rights>
<dc:identifier id="bookid">urn:uuid:deleted</dc:identifier>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dcublisher>deleted</dcublisher>
</metadata>
<manifest>
<item id="ncx" href="toc.ncx" media-type="application/x-dtbncx+xml" />
<item id="bcpg" href="bcpg.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-1" href="bcpg-1.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-2" href="bcpg-2.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-3" href="bcpg-3.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-4" href="bcpg-4.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-5" href="bcpg-5.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-6" href="bcpg-6.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-7" href="bcpg-7.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-8" href="bcpg-8.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-9" href="bcpg-9.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-10" href="bcpg-10.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-11" href="bcpg-11.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-12" href="bcpg-12.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-13" href="bcpg-13.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-14" href="bcpg-14.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-15" href="bcpg-15.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-16" href="bcpg-16.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-17" href="bcpg-17.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-18" href="bcpg-18.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-19" href="bcpg-19.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="bcpg-20" href="bcpg-20.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="cover-image" href="images/your-cover-name.jpeg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
<item id="breast-final-fmt-jpeg" href="images/breast%20final_fmt.jpeg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
<item id="breast-structure-fmt-jpeg" href="images/breast-structure_fmt.jpeg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
<item id="breast1-fmt-jpeg" href="images/breast1_fmt.jpeg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
<item id="breast2-3-fmt-jpeg" href="images/breast2_3_fmt.jpeg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
<item id="breast4-fmt-jpeg" href="images/breast4_fmt.jpeg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
<item id="lymph-nodes-fmt-jpeg" href="images/lymph-nodes_fmt.jpeg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
<item id="css" href="template.css" media-type="text/css" />
</manifest>
<spine toc="ncx">
<itemref idref="bcpg" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-1" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-2" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-3" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-4" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-5" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-6" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-7" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-8" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-9" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-10" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-11" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-12" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-13" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-14" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-15" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-16" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-17" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-18" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-19" />
<itemref idref="bcpg-20" />
</spine>
<guide>
<reference type="cover" href="the-cover-filename.xhtml" />
</guide>
</package>