All the files used to create the eBook are listed in the manifest; this is a checklist used by the conversion tools when creating the final Reader format file.
Caution: File converters may misinterpret hyperlink references to or from files that include a pound sign (#) within their name. Do not use a pound sign within a content file name when naming your text or image files for conversion into Reader file format.
The text content and table of contents are listed with the syntax shown. Alternately, you can list individual chapters here, as shown.
<item id="content" href="author_title.htm" media-type="text/x-oeb1-document" />
<item id="toc" href="author_title.htm#toc" media-type="text/x-oeb1-document" />
OR
<item id="chapter 1" href="author_title_chapter.htm" media-type="text/x-oeb1-document" />
<item id="chapter 2" href="author_title_chapter.htm" media-type="text/x-oeb1-document" />
In this section of the manifest, each text file is declared as either text/x-oeb1-document
or text/html
. The first declaration acknowledges all OEB-standard tags, attributes, and properties. The second declaration also acknowledges additional styles and properties available to the Reader. These are all listed in Supported Tags, Styles, and Attributes.
The cover (in portrait mode) is listed using a cover-standard
item id. The media type may be .png or .gif rather than .jpg.
<item id="coverstandard" href="bigcover.jpg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
<item id="thumbstandard" href="smallcover.jpg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
<item id="titlestandard" href="title.jpg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
The cover (in landscape mode, for Pocket PC) is listed as shown with landscape
item ids. These images are required for the cover to display properly on the Pocket PC; without these images, Reader displays the default cover images instead. The media type may be .png or .gif rather than .jpg.
For details of preferred cover, title, and thumbnail sizes, see Images.
<item id="cover" href="bigcover.jpg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
<item id="thumb" href="smallcover.jpg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
Additional images (interior illustrations, graphs, tables, photographs, or maps) are also listed here. They use the following syntax:
<item id="chapter 1 opener" href="chapter1.jpg" media-type="image/jpeg"/>
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