[FM Discuss] epub covers & issue dates

[Tuukka Hastrup]

Hi James,

2012-03-06 23:22, James Simmons kirjoitti:
> URL for cover image isn't exactly friendly.  It would be better to have
> a drop-down list of images in the selected book to choose from.  Or one
> of those upload fields with a Browse button.

I agree. The current situation is the result of the technical divide 
that remains between Booktype and Objavi. Booktype has a drop-down list 
for choosing the cover image for lulu.com, and it would be a natural 
development to offer the same for epubs now that Objavi supports that.

The focus of Objavi has not been in the user interface but in the 
automatic publishing processes that it implements as a service.

> The Lulu fields seem dubious to me too.  I've never published to Lulu,
> but I have done to CreateSpace and I like that CS walks you through the
> process of publishing your book, instead of asking for every possible
> piece of info up front before you really know what you're doing.  I
> assume that Lulu does much the same thing, and I cannot imagine why you
> would not want to do it that way.  I have four books on CS and I'll do
> the walk-you-through on the fifth if there is one.

Fortunately, Booktype seems to be developing similar walk-throughs as we 
speak. :-) This should make the combined power of these services more 
apparent and seamless.

> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Tuukka Hastrup <Tuukka.Hastrup at iki.fi
> <mailto:Tuukka.Hastrup at iki.fi>> wrote:
>
>
>     Hey guys,
>
>     Since a while ago, Objavi can include a cover image in the generated
>     epub if you fill in the "URL for cover image" form field at
>     http://objavi.booki.cc.
>
>
>     Regards,
>     Tuukka
>
>     2012-03-06 18:40, James Simmons kirjoitti:
>
>         You can easily add a cover image to your generated epub by
>         editing it
>         with Sigil.  That is what I do with all my epubs.  You can
>         upload the
>         cover image into Booki but don't use it on any page in the book.
>           The
>         image will be included in the generated epub.  Edit that epub with
>         Sigil, mark the cover image to indicate that it is the cover
>         image, add
>         needed metadata and save.
>
>         Booki should have a way to specify a cover image for epubs, but
>         until it
>         does this is a very simple workaround.
>
>         James Simmons
>
>
>         On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Ian Williams
>         <ian-w at operamail.com <mailto:ian-w at operamail.com>
>         <mailto:ian-w at operamail.com <mailto:ian-w at operamail.com>>> wrote:
>
>             Noticed that epubs unlike pdfs do not have title cover or
>         the issue date
>             usually on the pdf first page.  Nor do they state
>         distribution license.
>             On Sony Reader a cover looks better than displaying the
>         first page.
>             --
>               Ian Williams
>
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