Creating recipes that have same cover page as Calibre built in version

duluoz · 09-20-2020, 05:18 PM

Hi. When using the Calibre GUI to create a mobi or epub publication, for example The Hindu, the cover page has the date at the bottom and swirly designs in the corners.

I'm trying to replicate this using the command line, which doesn't create the cover with the date. I've tried the pretty-print and the prefer-metadata-cover options but it's still not the same as the Calibre generated content.

What equivalent command line command would best replicate the Calibre version for publications? Specifically, I've been experimenting with The Hindu, and trying to get the date on the cover page.

Thanks

kovidgoyal · 09-20-2020, 10:05 PM

Running

ebook-convert hindu.recipe .epub

generates an epub file with a cover with the date at the bottom for me.

09-20-2020, 05:18 PM	#1
duluoz Newsbeamer dev Posts: 122 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle Voyage	Creating recipes that have same cover page as Calibre built in version Hi. When using the Calibre GUI to create a mobi or epub publication, for example The Hindu, the cover page has the date at the bottom and swirly designs in the corners. I'm trying to replicate this using the command line, which doesn't create the cover with the date. I've tried the pretty-print and the prefer-metadata-cover options but it's still not the same as the Calibre generated content. What equivalent command line command would best replicate the Calibre version for publications? Specifically, I've been experimenting with The Hindu, and trying to get the date on the cover page. Thanks

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09-20-2020, 10:05 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Running ebook-convert hindu.recipe .epub generates an epub file with a cover with the date at the bottom for me.

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