diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/metadata.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/metadata.py index 99296ff6a3..bfa52368a4 100644 --- a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/metadata.py +++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/metadata.py @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class MergeMetadata(object): else: text = '' text = re.sub(r'\s+', '', text) - if not text: + if not text and not XPath('//h:img|//svg:svg')(item.data): self.log('Removing %s as it is a wrapper around' ' the cover image'%item.href) self.oeb.spine.remove(item)