EPUB=>Mobi: Start/open at cover page - how to?

Skydog · 10-15-2009, 11:14 PM

I'm a newbie, assembling my first book from text files in Sigil. I've converted it to .mobi (v6.17) but am clueless how to enable the starting page to point to the cover and not the first chapter. I'm a beginner when it comes to working with HTML and do not see anything obvious in the convert GUI. I've browsed the manual and FAQ but did not see anything directly relating to my question.

In ADE, the EPUB version opens at the cover. But not when opened as a .mobi.

Thank you in advance.

Skydog · 10-16-2009, 02:37 PM

Nobody??

kovidgoyal · 10-16-2009, 02:41 PM

IIRC MOBI renderers don't support opening on the cover. Instead they have a menu entry that takes you to the cover.

JSWolf · 10-16-2009, 02:41 PM

I think the only way we can help is if you could post the book so we can take a look at it.

Jellby · 10-16-2009, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

IIRC MOBI renderers don't support opening on the cover. Instead they have a menu entry that takes you to the cover.

I believe the Gen3 opens new books on the cover page.

Skydog · 10-16-2009, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

IIRC MOBI renderers don't support opening on the cover. Instead they have a menu entry that takes you to the cover.

Thanks, Kovid. Would have been nice tho'...

Thank you for such a great application!

Skydog · 10-16-2009, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I think the only way we can help is if you could post the book so we can take a look at it.

Thanks, Jon. I am attempting to replicate a completed book I already have, so I will see if I can figure it out from studying that. Unless I get stuck...

10-15-2009, 11:14 PM	#1
Skydog Wizard Posts: 2,286 Karma: 7409537 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Circling Earth @ Mach .83 Device: Elipsa 2E, Sage, Libra Colour, Libra 2, Clara 2E, Oasis3, Voyage	EPUB=>Mobi: Start/open at cover page - how to? I'm a newbie, assembling my first book from text files in Sigil. I've converted it to .mobi (v6.17) but am clueless how to enable the starting page to point to the cover and not the first chapter. I'm a beginner when it comes to working with HTML and do not see anything obvious in the convert GUI. I've browsed the manual and FAQ but did not see anything directly relating to my question. In ADE, the EPUB version opens at the cover. But not when opened as a .mobi. Thank you in advance. Last edited by Skydog; 10-15-2009 at 11:27 PM.

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10-16-2009, 02:37 PM	#2
Skydog Wizard Posts: 2,286 Karma: 7409537 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Circling Earth @ Mach .83 Device: Elipsa 2E, Sage, Libra Colour, Libra 2, Clara 2E, Oasis3, Voyage	Nobody??

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,697 Karma: 28549304 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	IIRC MOBI renderers don't support opening on the cover. Instead they have a menu entry that takes you to the cover.

10-16-2009, 02:41 PM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 81,098 Karma: 150263703 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I think the only way we can help is if you could post the book so we can take a look at it.

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