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Originally Posted by Jack Knight
Hello guys, if it's ok to do so, I would like to add my case to the thread, as apparently our problem is totally similar. I don't want to derail the thread so tell me if I'm wrong here.
I want to add a cover to a book which has a title page as cover.
Now I can drag and drop the new cover but it will replace the old one, and yeah, maybe I'm OCD but I don't want to lose the title page.
So how can I add a cover without deleting the old one ?
I tried fiddling with the edit book function for a moment but this is a little over my head :-/
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In Sigil this was easy:
all you need to unselect the semantics for both the
Page and the
image (if used), then those will remain when you use any calibre tool to
add a cover since it will appear that there was none
In the ebook editor it appears you need to shift the semantics to another (new?)
file and
image
Using the 'File' menu Add the new cover Image to the book.
Now the trick to have a file to shift 'cover' status to
File: add: New:Click
Import resource : pick an image (it can be any temporary.jpg or the real cover.jpg) OK
File: add: New: (temp.xhtml) OK
Now right click on the name: (temp.xhtml) in the file list:
Mark (temp.xhtml) as coverpage (it will want to make it the first item if it is not already)
These steps should now make your old titlepage stuff safe
(do a save?)
Now can add a cover inside the editor if you wish, If you used a real cover image.
Tools: Add cover: Select the image
Cleanup phase
Delete temp.xhtml (this will remove the fake 'cover' )
If you used a temporary image, remove that also
Save
You can use Polish or Modify EPUB to Insert a
(now) Missing cover
As with most things in Calibre, there are a few ways to get from
there to
here 