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deback · 10-24-2017, 04:55 PM

Here's something else I just discovered: When the cover image file is not marked as the cover image file, then the Calibre conversion will use the code I pasted in my first post for the first image, and then it will create a duplicate of the same cover image and place it as the second file in the list of html files.

So, this is another reason why I'm having to manually edit so many ebooks (that were created by so-called professional ebook creators), in addition to many other things they screw up when they create their ebooks. I've manually edited hundreds or probably well over a thousand epub files so far in the last two+ years (not counting the conversions and adding covers), and sometimes, I just can't believe the mess I find when I open an epub file that's supposed to be a retail version.

I would like to see the Calibre conversion remove xpgt files and the related codes. If there's a current way to do that (using Calibre Convert), I'd appreciate knowing about it. That seems to be the only reason why I'll use the Modify EPUB plugin, since the Calibre Convert does the other choices I might check in Modify EPUB.

10-24-2017, 04:55 PM	#7
deback Book E d i t o r Posts: 432 Karma: 288184 Join Date: May 2015 Device: Laptop	Here's something else I just discovered: When the cover image file is not marked as the cover image file, then the Calibre conversion will use the code I pasted in my first post for the first image, and then it will create a duplicate of the same cover image and place it as the second file in the list of html files. So, this is another reason why I'm having to manually edit so many ebooks (that were created by so-called professional ebook creators), in addition to many other things they screw up when they create their ebooks. I've manually edited hundreds or probably well over a thousand epub files so far in the last two+ years (not counting the conversions and adding covers), and sometimes, I just can't believe the mess I find when I open an epub file that's supposed to be a retail version. I would like to see the Calibre conversion remove xpgt files and the related codes. If there's a current way to do that (using Calibre Convert), I'd appreciate knowing about it. That seems to be the only reason why I'll use the Modify EPUB plugin, since the Calibre Convert does the other choices I might check in Modify EPUB.