Duplicate Cover files in epub

slantybard · 09-23-2019, 12:09 AM

Not sure how to fix this. I have some epub books from 2018 or so (not sure which version of calibre they were added/converted) but their structure shows multiple title pages with several covers. When I open them in edit book, these epubs have two title page files:
-titlepage.xhtml
-calibre_title_page.xhtml

the code for the titlepage.xhtml:

Code:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
        <meta name="calibre:cover" content="true"/>
        <title>Cover</title>
        <style type="text/css" title="override_css">
            @page {padding: 0pt; margin:0pt}
            body { text-align: center; padding:0pt; margin: 0pt; }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div>
            <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 599 798" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet">
                <image width="599" height="798" xlink:href="cover.jpeg"/>
            </svg>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

the code for the calibre_title_page.xhtm:

Code:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <head>
    <title>Cover</title>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
  <link href="../stylesheet.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="../page_styles.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/>
</head>
  <body class="calibre">
        <div class="calibre1">
            <img src="resources/_cover__0.jpg" alt="cover" class="calibreclass"/></div>
    </body>
</html>

From the code for each, these epubs end up with 2 title pages and covers in the epub file. Is there any easy way to clean up these epubs so that only one title page shows up?

Thanks in advance for any pointers.

theducks · 09-23-2019, 11:09 AM

(a WAG as I have not run into this issue) Use the Modify EPUB plugin

Be sure to tick Remove Legacy Jacket
FWIW this is a fantastic way to update books without douing a full (and possibly hideous) full conversion

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09-23-2019, 11:09 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,341 Karma: 62025226 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	(a WAG as I have not run into this issue) Use the Modify EPUB plugin Be sure to tick Remove Legacy Jacket FWIW this is a fantastic way to update books without douing a full (and possibly hideous) full conversion

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