Importing .mobi cover image from HTML

wholcomb · 02-17-2011, 02:17 AM

When using mobigen, I could include a <meta name="cover" content="cover.jpg" /> tag in the <head> of a HTML source document to import the cover into a .mobi book.

ebook-convert does not seem to support this and I was wondering if there was an alternative method.

The only way that I see to do it currently is either to search the file and use the --cover argument or to generate a .opf container for the book. As best I can tell, generating the .opf requires me to also extract other metadata and build the <guide> and <spine>, and I'd like to avoid the extra work.

Is there a way to specify the cover in the HTML file?

kovidgoyal · 02-17-2011, 12:14 PM

You can specify almost all metadata in html files, except cover. FOr that you have to use --cover

See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...44&postcount=9

wholcomb · 02-17-2011, 05:05 PM

The program I'm working on is a batch file to use in the "open with" menu in windows explorer. The program is at:

https://github.com/wholcomb/tip/raw/...nvert2mobi.bat

To get around the issue with the cover, I wrote a small javascript to extract it from the header if it is there:

https://github.com/wholcomb/tip/raw/.../find_cover.js

The regular expression somewhat brittle at the moment in the tags it will recognize. I'll make it more flexible later.

02-17-2011, 02:17 AM	#1
wholcomb Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: kindle	Importing .mobi cover image from HTML When using mobigen, I could include a <meta name="cover" content="cover.jpg" /> tag in the <head> of a HTML source document to import the cover into a .mobi book. ebook-convert does not seem to support this and I was wondering if there was an alternative method. The only way that I see to do it currently is either to search the file and use the --cover argument or to generate a .opf container for the book. As best I can tell, generating the .opf requires me to also extract other metadata and build the <guide> and <spine>, and I'd like to avoid the extra work. Is there a way to specify the cover in the HTML file?

02-17-2011, 05:05 PM	#3
wholcomb Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: kindle	Program for "open with" to convert to .mobi The program I'm working on is a batch file to use in the "open with" menu in windows explorer. The program is at: https://github.com/wholcomb/tip/raw/...nvert2mobi.bat To get around the issue with the cover, I wrote a small javascript to extract it from the header if it is there: https://github.com/wholcomb/tip/raw/.../find_cover.js The regular expression somewhat brittle at the moment in the tags it will recognize. I'll make it more flexible later.

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02-17-2011, 12:14 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can specify almost all metadata in html files, except cover. FOr that you have to use --cover See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...44&postcount=9

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