Lost CSS / cover

rikemice · 04-29-2017, 12:21 PM

I've been using Calibre for a few years now to produce an ePubs for release on iPad/Nook/Kindle. I generally know my way around Calibre, at least enough to get the job done, but ran into a few problems this year that I can't sort out.

I produce the books in InDesign, export them as ePub files, then clean them up/convert them in Calibre.

I test everything on iPad (it's what I have) and once that's ready I convert them for the other two readers and use online tools to make sure they look OK. It has been about a year since I did this last, and I can't get past the first step.

1) Cover image
I cannot get my cover image to show up when the file is imported into iBooks. It is attached in the metadata and there is a designated titlepage.xhtml file. It looks fine in Calibre, but when I load it into iBooks, I just get the generic book cover.

I have tried unzipping the epub file and adding an itunesartwork file there (a suggestion I found online), but that doesn't do anything.

2) CSS lost on conversion
I always have to tweak my CSS after importing from InDesign and everything looks good in Calibre. If I export that file to iBooks, the pages look good. But if I use Calibre to convert the file to iPad3, it strips all CSS from the ePub. (The stylesheets still exist, but the file does not recognize them.) Obviously, I have a file that works. But I am concerned that I will run into the same problem when I optimize the file for Nook/Kindle.

3) Missing text
This is a first for me. I noticed that the end of my last chapter is cut off in iBooks. The text is there if you shrink the type size down enough, but you have to get pretty small. This is not a problem in any other chapter. I added a blank chapter after the book, and that seems to have fixed the problem, but I'm curious if anyone else has other solutions?

Thanks for any help you've got ...

rikemice · 04-29-2017, 02:10 PM

Update: The cover is apparently a problem with the iPad I use for testing. Cover shows up fine on other devices. (All software is up to date, so I don't know ...)

Conversion to iPad3 still kills my stylesheets though ...

kovidgoyal · 04-29-2017, 02:10 PM

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=186697

rikemice · 04-29-2017, 02:42 PM

Attached epub files. The file that begins with c is the converted file.

Conversion log:

Spoiler:

All style sheets strip out on conversion resulting in default text.
No settings were changed from default conversion.

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JSWolf · 04-29-2017, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rikemice

Update: The cover is apparently a problem with the iPad I use for testing. Cover shows up fine on other devices. (All software is up to date, so I don't know ...)

Conversion to iPad3 still kills my stylesheets though ...

You need to not use iPad as a generic term for whatever reading app you are using. You need to specify the app you are using. So what app are you using? If it's iBooks, time to find a different app.

rikemice · 04-29-2017, 05:33 PM

Sorry, I was going by what is available as a setting conversions. I am trying to format for an iPad using iBooks. And I'm stuck with that reader (in addition to kindle and nook.)

Thanks.

PeterT · 04-29-2017, 05:45 PM

The output profile does not do a great deal; it's main purpose is to specify the screen size to allow rescaling of images.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

kovidgoyal · 04-29-2017, 10:04 PM

If the files are copyrighted you cannot attach them on mobileread, instead opena bug report and attach them there and mark it private.

04-29-2017, 12:21 PM	#1
rikemice Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2017 Device: iPad/Nook/Kindle	Lost CSS / cover I've been using Calibre for a few years now to produce an ePubs for release on iPad/Nook/Kindle. I generally know my way around Calibre, at least enough to get the job done, but ran into a few problems this year that I can't sort out. I produce the books in InDesign, export them as ePub files, then clean them up/convert them in Calibre. I test everything on iPad (it's what I have) and once that's ready I convert them for the other two readers and use online tools to make sure they look OK. It has been about a year since I did this last, and I can't get past the first step. 1) Cover image I cannot get my cover image to show up when the file is imported into iBooks. It is attached in the metadata and there is a designated titlepage.xhtml file. It looks fine in Calibre, but when I load it into iBooks, I just get the generic book cover. I have tried unzipping the epub file and adding an itunesartwork file there (a suggestion I found online), but that doesn't do anything. 2) CSS lost on conversion I always have to tweak my CSS after importing from InDesign and everything looks good in Calibre. If I export that file to iBooks, the pages look good. But if I use Calibre to convert the file to iPad3, it strips all CSS from the ePub. (The stylesheets still exist, but the file does not recognize them.) Obviously, I have a file that works. But I am concerned that I will run into the same problem when I optimize the file for Nook/Kindle. 3) Missing text This is a first for me. I noticed that the end of my last chapter is cut off in iBooks. The text is there if you shrink the type size down enough, but you have to get pretty small. This is not a problem in any other chapter. I added a blank chapter after the book, and that seems to have fixed the problem, but I'm curious if anyone else has other solutions? Thanks for any help you've got ...

04-29-2017, 02:42 PM	#4
rikemice Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2017 Device: iPad/Nook/Kindle	Attached epub files. The file that begins with c is the converted file. Conversion log: Spoiler: Convert book 1 of 1 (Redemption's Run) Conversion options changed from defaults: verbose: 2 output_profile: 'ipad3' cover: u'/var/folders/fn/19dx9zg54rldkdbgh05m8lb00000gn/C/calibre_2.83.0_tmp_OrhxR3/BgsbVe.jpeg' read_metadata_from_opf: u'/var/folders/fn/19dx9zg54rldkdbgh05m8lb00000gn/C/calibre_2.83.0_tmp_OrhxR3/DB_t5v.opf' Resolved conversion options calibre version: 2.83.0 {'asciiize': False, 'author_sort': None, 'authors': None, 'base_font_size': 0.0, 'book_producer': None, 'change_justification': u'original', 'chapter': u"//[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., '\\s((chapter\|book\|section\|part)\\s+)\|((prolog\|pr ologue\|epilogue)(\\s+\|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']", 'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak', 'comments': None, 'cover': u'/var/folders/fn/19dx9zg54rldkdbgh05m8lb00000gn/C/calibre_2.83.0_tmp_OrhxR3/BgsbVe.jpeg', 'debug_pipeline': None, 'dehyphenate': True, 'delete_blank_paragraphs': True, 'disable_font_rescaling': False, 'dont_split_on_page_breaks': False, 'duplicate_links_in_toc': False, 'embed_all_fonts': False, 'embed_font_family': None, 'enable_heuristics': False, 'epub_flatten': False, 'epub_inline_toc': False, 'epub_toc_at_end': False, 'expand_css': False, 'extra_css': None, 'extract_to': None, 'filter_css': u'', 'fix_indents': True, 'flow_size': 260, 'font_size_mapping': None, 'format_scene_breaks': True, 'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4, 'input_encoding': None, 'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x10a62c3d0>, 'insert_blank_line': False, 'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5, 'insert_metadata': False, 'isbn': None, 'italicize_common_cases': True, 'keep_ligatures': False, 'language': None, 'level1_toc': None, 'level2_toc': None, 'level3_toc': None, 'line_height': 0.0, 'linearize_tables': False, 'margin_bottom': 5.0, 'margin_left': 5.0, 'margin_right': 5.0, 'margin_top': 5.0, 'markup_chapter_headings': True, 'max_toc_links': 50, 'minimum_line_height': 120.0, 'no_chapters_in_toc': False, 'no_default_epub_cover': False, 'no_inline_navbars': False, 'no_svg_cover': False, 'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.iPad3Output object at 0x10a62c990>, 'page_breaks_before': u'/', 'prefer_metadata_cover': False, 'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False, 'pretty_print': True, 'pubdate': None, 'publisher': None, 'rating': None, 'read_metadata_from_opf': u'/var/folders/fn/19dx9zg54rldkdbgh05m8lb00000gn/C/calibre_2.83.0_tmp_OrhxR3/DB_t5v.opf', 'remove_fake_margins': True, 'remove_first_image': False, 'remove_paragraph_spacing': False, 'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5, 'renumber_headings': True, 'replace_scene_breaks': u'', 'search_replace': '[]', 'series': None, 'series_index': None, 'smarten_punctuation': False, 'sr1_replace': None, 'sr1_search': None, 'sr2_replace': None, 'sr2_search': None, 'sr3_replace': None, 'sr3_search': None, 'start_reading_at': None, 'subset_embedded_fonts': False, 'tags': None, 'timestamp': None, 'title': None, 'title_sort': None, 'toc_filter': None, 'toc_threshold': 6, 'toc_title': None, 'transform_css_rules': '[]', 'unsmarten_punctuation': False, 'unwrap_lines': True, 'use_auto_toc': False, 'verbose': 2} InputFormatPlugin: EPUB Input running on /var/folders/fn/19dx9zg54rldkdbgh05m8lb00000gn/C/calibre_2.83.0_tmp_OrhxR3/V8TWHF.epub Found HTML cover OEBPS/titlepage.xhtml Parsing all content... Parsing OEBPS/22-Chapter17.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/09-Chapter4.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/02-Legal.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/01-Titlepage.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/10-Chapter5.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/25-Chapter20.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/26-Chapter21.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/03-Dedication.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/27-Chapter22.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/28-Chapter23.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/12-Chapter7.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/23-Chapter18.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/29-Chapter24.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/16-Chapter11.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/18-Chapter13.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/30-Chapter25.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/13-Chapter8.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/32-empty.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/31-Author.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/06-Chapter1.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/14-Chapter9.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/04-TOC.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/15-Chapter10.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/css/test1_idstyles.css ... Parsing OEBPS/11-Chapter6.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/07-Chapter2.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/24-Chapter19.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/17-Chapter12.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/20-Chapter15.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/titlepage.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/08-Chapter3.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/21-Chapter16.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/19-Chapter14.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/05-Prologue.xhtml ... Reading TOC from NCX... Merging user specified metadata... Detecting structure... Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes... Source base font size is 12.00000pt Removing fake margins... Found 32 items of level: div_1 Found 2700 items of level: p_2 div_1 left margin stats: Counter({u'0': 30}) div_1 right margin stats: Counter({u'0': 30}) p_2 left margin stats: Counter({u'0': 2700}) p_2 right margin stats: Counter({u'0': 2700}) Cleaning up manifest... Trimming unused files from manifest... Trimming u'OEBPS/titlepage.xhtml' from manifest Creating EPUB Output... Rescaling image from 1454x2140 to 1018x1499 cover.jpeg Splitting markup on page breaks and flow limits, if any... Looking for large trees in OEBPS/22-Chapter17.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/09-Chapter4.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/02-Legal.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/01-Titlepage.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/10-Chapter5.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/25-Chapter20.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/26-Chapter21.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/03-Dedication.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/27-Chapter22.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/28-Chapter23.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/12-Chapter7.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/23-Chapter18.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/29-Chapter24.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/16-Chapter11.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/18-Chapter13.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/30-Chapter25.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/13-Chapter8.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/32-empty.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/31-Author.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/06-Chapter1.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/14-Chapter9.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/04-TOC.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/15-Chapter10.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/11-Chapter6.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/07-Chapter2.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/24-Chapter19.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/17-Chapter12.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/20-Chapter15.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/08-Chapter3.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/21-Chapter16.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/19-Chapter14.xhtml... No large trees found Looking for large trees in OEBPS/05-Prologue.xhtml... No large trees found The cover image has an id != "cover". Renaming to work around bug in Nook Color Encrypting font: OEBPS/font/MinionPro-Regular.otf Encrypting font: OEBPS/font/TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT.ttf Encrypting font: OEBPS/font/TimesNewRomanPSMT.ttf Encrypting font: OEBPS/font/ArialMT.ttf Encrypting font: OEBPS/font/TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT.ttf EPUB output written to /var/folders/fn/19dx9zg54rldkdbgh05m8lb00000gn/C/calibre_2.83.0_tmp_OrhxR3/ilIfUF.epub All style sheets strip out on conversion resulting in default text. No settings were changed from default conversion. 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04-29-2017, 02:10 PM	#2
rikemice Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2017 Device: iPad/Nook/Kindle	Update: The cover is apparently a problem with the iPad I use for testing. Cover shows up fine on other devices. (All software is up to date, so I don't know ...) Conversion to iPad3 still kills my stylesheets though ...

04-29-2017, 02:10 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,871 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=186697

04-29-2017, 05:33 PM	#6
rikemice Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2017 Device: iPad/Nook/Kindle	Sorry, I was going by what is available as a setting conversions. I am trying to format for an iPad using iBooks. And I'm stuck with that reader (in addition to kindle and nook.) Thanks.

04-29-2017, 05:45 PM	#7
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,177 Karma: 73448616 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	The output profile does not do a great deal; it's main purpose is to specify the screen size to allow rescaling of images. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

04-29-2017, 10:04 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,871 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If the files are copyrighted you cannot attach them on mobileread, instead opena bug report and attach them there and mark it private.

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