: Re: How do I add a cover (and other pictures) to my ePub? If I am creating an ePub file by hand, from scratch (following a recipe such as laid out in this question), how would I go about adding

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Images in general should be added just as they would be in HTML, with an <img> tag. The image files themselves should then be included in the OEBPS folder or a subfolder (I generally use a subfolder, personally). Each image file will need to be declared in the <manifest> section of the content.opf file. As mentioned in the epub 3.0 specifications, the cover image in particular should also have the cover-image property assigned to it in the <manifest>, like so:

<item id="cover_jpg" properties="cover-image" href="images/cover.jpg" media-type="image/jpeg" />

The <manifest> entry for non-cover images is the same, just without the properties="cover-image" bit.

That's it for plain epub, but some retailers will also ask for a <meta> element in the <metadata> section of the content.opf file declaring the cover, like so (from Amazon's Kindle Publishing Guidelines):

<meta name="cover" content="images/cover.jpg" />

Note that Amazon in particular no longer requires the <meta> bit as long as the properties="cover-image" is correctly declared.

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