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Originally Posted by slowsmile
But isn't the cover IMAGE situated in the cover PAGE ??
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It does not HAVE to be, no. The cover IMAGE for a KDP-bound epub will most times not be referenced by ANY (x)html page in the epub.
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Originally Posted by slowsmile
So how can you not have a cover PAGE while at the same time have a cover IMAGE in an epub??
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Easily. By removing the cover PAGE and leaving the cover IMAGE. Why is this so hard? Epubs use a cover PAGE; KindleBooks use a cover IMAGE.
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Originally Posted by slowsmile
Unless I'm missing something, you seem to be inferring that the cover IMAGE is not situated in the cover PAGE but is entirely separate from the cover PAGE. I admit that I am having a problem with that.
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I am not inferring anything of the sort. I'm flat-out
declaring it. Because it's true.
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Originally Posted by slowsmile
How can a cover IMAGE be present when the cover PAGE is not there??
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Because as I've pointed out many times already, they two are different things. A cover PAGE is an xhtml page. A cover image is a graphic image file (which may or not be included in an xhtml page).
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Originally Posted by jhowell
The answer is in the Kindle Publishing Guidelines. The file containing the cover image is marked in the OPF. It is not referenced from any HTML files.
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Exactly. The cover IMAGE is denoted in the opf file by a meta entry, as Doitsu and others have tried to clarify already.