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kovidgoyal · 10-16-2017, 11:05 PM

I dont see what's so hacky about it. But if you really want to run just the cover generator, do it like this.

Code:

calibre-debug -c "from calibre.ebooks.covers import *; open('cover.jpg', 'wb').write(create_cover('my title', ['my author'])))"

And you can set whatever preferences you like when using the create_cover function, see the sourcecode for details.

As for EPUB 3 sure someday, but since the EPUB standards are a bad joke and there is nothing you can do in EPUB 3 that you cant do in EPUB 2 I'm not particularly motivated to do so.

10-16-2017, 11:05 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,427 Karma: 27757236 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I dont see what's so hacky about it. But if you really want to run just the cover generator, do it like this. Code: calibre-debug -c "from calibre.ebooks.covers import *; open('cover.jpg', 'wb').write(create_cover('my title', ['my author'])))" And you can set whatever preferences you like when using the create_cover function, see the sourcecode for details. As for EPUB 3 sure someday, but since the EPUB standards are a bad joke and there is nothing you can do in EPUB 3 that you cant do in EPUB 2 I'm not particularly motivated to do so.