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Old 03-29-2021, 04:37 AM   #8
robwired
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Apple moved books from iTunes to the Books app a few years ago but I think you are asking if a solution might be found within the Books app.

If I strip out the Apple Metadata of an ePub with Sigil, copy that file to the Books app, copy the file to my desktop and then open the file with Sigil I get the extra files warning but only for a .plist file. Apple Books is not creating a cover file named iTunesArtwork.

I didn't expect this to work but thought I would try it. For some reason it doesn't seem that Apple wants to upgrade non-Apple ePubs to Apple ePubs.

The problem unfortunately doesn't end with covers not appearing for non-Apple ePubs in iCloud.

As an alternative, if I view Apple ePubs on my NAS using an iPad File Manager other than Files, I can't see covers either.

So either I can't view Apple metadata or I can't view ePub metadata.

What do ePub publishers do? They are obviously including the Apple Metadata. Are none of them using Sigil? How is that possible?
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