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Oxford-eBooks · 12-08-2011, 06:43 PM

I recently updated our tools to be ready for ePub3 (still waiting for that happy day(!))

I now have an interesting problem. iTunes seems to want to have the cover image file in the <guide> section eg:

<guide>
<reference type="cover" title="Cover" href="images/cover.jpg"/>
</guide>

HOWEVER, the guide is deprecated in ePUB3 and the new epubcheck 3.0b2 balks at this, where before it was okay. Having the above GUIDE in place is the difference between the cover image appearing in iTunes and not.

Anyone know of another 'legal' way to get the cover image to appear in the bookshelf in iTunes?

12-08-2011, 06:43 PM	#1
Oxford-eBooks Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 12096 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Loads!	Cover Image required by iTunes in the GUIDE, fails epubcheck 3 I recently updated our tools to be ready for ePub3 (still waiting for that happy day(!)) I now have an interesting problem. iTunes seems to want to have the cover image file in the <guide> section eg: <guide> <reference type="cover" title="Cover" href="images/cover.jpg"/> </guide> HOWEVER, the guide is deprecated in ePUB3 and the new epubcheck 3.0b2 balks at this, where before it was okay. Having the above GUIDE in place is the difference between the cover image appearing in iTunes and not. Anyone know of another 'legal' way to get the cover image to appear in the bookshelf in iTunes?