Thread: replace title page using calibre?
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Old 09-07-2019, 10:02 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by pslsr View Post
Hello: using calibre 3.4.6 in w10, I want to replace what calibre calls "titlepage.xhtml" with another file. Questions.

-It looks to me (epub newbie) that "titlepage.xhtml" contains a .jpeg. And that's it, plus the usual metadata.
-The .jpeg does NOT have the title within it, nor the author name (me).
-So, I want to replace that .jpeg (only) with another .jpeg, in which I have embedded the book title and author name. I have the replacement .jpeg appropriately titled, so that the 2 jpegs (old/unacceptable) (replacement/acceptable).
-I replaced the original "cover.jpeg" new .jpeg renamed "cover.jpeg"? But the words still don't show, there's nothing in the metatext loading the words.

So, how do I get words to show within "cover.jpeg" contained in "titlepage.xhtml" ?
What you are saying sounds like it should have worked. Or, at least I assume you have opened the book in the editor and replaced the existing cover.jpeg with your new one. But, where doesn't it show? Are you saving and opening the book in the calibre viewer or some other ebook reader app or device? Does it show correctly in the preview in the editor? If you are looking at the cover calibre shows in the library, you won't have been updated. You need to set the cover from the book in the metadata editor.
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