On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Al Haines <ajhaines@shaw.ca> wrote:

Custom epub covers were discussed among the WWers and Greg Newby
several weeks ago. (The question was raised by DP-Canada.)

With Greg to confirm/deny/clarify as needed, the general guidelines
decided on were:

- the book's original cover is preferred, even if has only the title
and author. (Obviously, not all covers have any graphical content,
with some having a completely blank cover. I've even seen one with a
full-cover illustration, with no title or author on it, those being
only on the spine.)

- they must be a reasonable size--50K-150K, 300dpi is plenty, most
likely in jpg or png format. A 1M, 600dpi image, for example, if not
rejected outright, will probably elicit a request for something
reasonable, which if not forthcoming, the original would probably be
reduced considerably by the WWers (and perhaps not used at all).

- a custom cover should be provided only when a submission is first
uploaded. They will not, repeat, NOT, be applied retroactively, i.e.
to already-posted submissions. The WWers haven't time for a bunch of
vanity reposts.

- there must be a mention in the Notes to WWers field, and in a
Transcriber's Note in the HTML file, that the image was produced by
the submitter, and is being placed into the public domain. Obviously,
PG wants no hassle because a submitter helped themselves, from some
other website, to something *not* in the public domain.

Al

-----Original Message-----
From: gutvol-d-bounces@lists.pglaf.org
[mailto:gutvol-d-bounces@lists.pglaf.org] On Behalf Of James Simmons
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:10 AM
To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion
Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] Producing epub ready HTML

Strangely enough, I made some nice cover images for my three PG
submissions so I could put somewhat better formatted versions in the
Kindle Store. I would have been happy to include these with my PG
submissions if I had known it was possible!

https://plus.google.com/photos/114689250113657220289/albums/5681329822
764797041?authkey=COCMmsfqwNDOqgE

https://plus.google.com/photos/114689250113657220289/albums/5676125941
560802081?authkey=CPDP0daf1ee9aw

http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Manners-Illustrated-ebook/dp/B0055OMGN0/
ref=sr_1_6?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1326996235&sr=1-6

It would be good if this was better known. Maybe the White Washers
could ask if someone wanted to include a cover image with his
submission. They are not hard to make. A few minutes with The GIMP
is all it takes.

James Simmons

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Jim Adcock <jimad@msn.com> wrote:

Jana>There are several ways of specifying a cover in your HTML version
that

epubmaker will use for the epub (and Kindle?) version(s) of your book.
See Marcello's advice here:
http://www.pgdp.net/wiki/The_Proofreader%27s_Guide_to_EPUB#Cover_Page

OK thanks -- it didn't occur to me to look in DP for advice on how to
target
a PG tool.

Hopefully people who are providing an alt image for the "Blue PDA"
realize
that this image needs to include Title and Author. Which it will if
people
say just provide a jpg of the title page. But if they use the "first
pretty
picture" in the book, such as a frontal plate, then they need to use
some
kind of picture editing software to place title and author over that
image.

Thanks again.

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