Book Cover not appearing after adding it

[PelesDaughter]

Hi folks. This is my first post and I'm a Sigil noob. I just self-published my first book last month using Scribus and KDP. I've been working on an epub. I don't remember how I converted the Scribus file to the epub (I should have taken notes on that...) but I do have a good looking epub, so that's not what I'm asking about. My problem is getting the cover to show up!!!

I opened the epub in Scribus and used the work flow shown here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gL0jH6pFPg

Yet, when I import the file into Calibre, no cover shows up.

Any ideas?

[theducks]

You went half way
You also need to set the PAGE that contains the image to Cover, just like you did with the image.

Cover pages should be their own file. Start the book on another file

[Tex2002ans]

Or, the easiest...

In Sigil, you can just do:

• Tools > Add Cover
• Pick your cover image.
• Press OK.

Sigil will automatically do everything for you + insert a cover page.

[PelesDaughter]

Originally Posted by theducks

You went half way
You also need to set the PAGE that contains the image to Cover, just like you did with the image.

Cover pages should be their own file. Start the book on another file

Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

Or, the easiest...

In Sigil, you can just do:

• Tools > Add Cover
• Pick your cover image.
• Press OK.

Sigil will automatically do everything for you + insert a cover page.

Thank you both I didn't get to try TheDucks' suggestion, mostly because I don't understand yet the steps to accomplish that process (starting the book on another file doesn't make sense to me, because the epub is already created, I think from Kindle Create), nor the steps for setting a Page (again, I didn't do any of that from the get-go).

So I tried Tex's suggestion, and oddly enough, even this resulted in a total white blank box when I opened it in Calibre. This is as opposed to the text-based title page that was showing before.

But somehow, in Calibre, down at the bottom, I found a version that had a cover already. I've no idea where it came from. So, it looks like my need to manage this task is gone for now, but it may come up again in the process of publishing my next book, so... we will see