Calibre Xpath to start on cover

etrnlflame · 01-04-2019, 05:08 AM

I'm trying to figure out what to put in the "Start reading at (XPath expressions)" to get my book to start reading at the cover page. Here's the code for the cover page:

<?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 0 800 1200" preserveAspectRatio="none">
<image width="800" height="1200" xlink:href="cover.jpeg"/>
</svg>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Thank you!

davidfor · 01-04-2019, 05:51 AM

If this is for your Glo HD, or any Kobo ereader, they don't work that way. For epubs, they start reading at the first entry in the ToC. Adding the cover page to the ToC is what you need to do.

For kepubs, they always start at the beginning of the book.

etrnlflame · 01-04-2019, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

If this is for your Glo HD, or any Kobo ereader, they don't work that way. For epubs, they start reading at the first entry in the ToC. Adding the cover page to the ToC is what you need to do.

For kepubs, they always start at the beginning of the book.

You're great, thanks!

01-04-2019, 05:08 AM	#1
etrnlflame Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2018 Device: Kobo Glo HD	Calibre Xpath to start on cover I'm trying to figure out what to put in the "Start reading at (XPath expressions)" to get my book to start reading at the cover page. Here's the code for the cover page: <?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 0 800 1200" preserveAspectRatio="none"> <image width="800" height="1200" xlink:href="cover.jpeg"/> </svg> </div> </body> </html> Thank you!

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01-04-2019, 05:51 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	If this is for your Glo HD, or any Kobo ereader, they don't work that way. For epubs, they start reading at the first entry in the ToC. Adding the cover page to the ToC is what you need to do. For kepubs, they always start at the beginning of the book.