Epub book covers in calibre

zhuxi13 · 02-06-2010, 07:59 PM

Can any one tell me if it is possible to stop calibre from adding white borders to the covers when it converts ebooks?

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I tried searching and couldn't find an answer.

Thanks

iandix · 02-06-2010, 08:56 PM

You could use SVG image in the cover page such as;-

<body>
<svg width="100%" version="1.1" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns=
"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 490 750" xmlns:xlink=
"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<image width="490" height="750" xlink:href="../images/img0001.jpg"></image>
</svg>
</body>

the 490 and the 750 numbers are the size of the image you are using ..so change to match your image.

or
go into "convert E-Book" and add a image in the area marked "change cover image" .. that will change it, just in that one copy of Calibre you are running.

or
just drag and drop a image (and rename it cover.jpg) into the folder that holds the epub file.

02-06-2010, 07:59 PM	#1
zhuxi13 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony 505?	Epub book covers in calibre Can any one tell me if it is possible to stop calibre from adding white borders to the covers when it converts ebooks? Sorry if this has been asked before, but I tried searching and couldn't find an answer. Thanks

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02-06-2010, 08:56 PM	#2
iandix Addict Posts: 295 Karma: 109308 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NSW Australia Device: nook touch a Nook 3g (rooted) and a nookcolor (rooted)	You could use SVG image in the cover page such as;- <body> <svg width="100%" version="1.1" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns= "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 490 750" xmlns:xlink= "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <image width="490" height="750" xlink:href="../images/img0001.jpg"></image> </svg> </body> the 490 and the 750 numbers are the size of the image you are using ..so change to match your image. or go into "convert E-Book" and add a image in the area marked "change cover image" .. that will change it, just in that one copy of Calibre you are running. or just drag and drop a image (and rename it cover.jpg) into the folder that holds the epub file.

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