ePubLift/epublift cli-v1.8.0

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Added

• Kobo WebP plugin (kobo-webp-plugin/) — a community-built Qt image-format
  plugin that teaches Kobo e-ink readers to decode WebP, which stock firmware
  can't (Nickel's Qt 5.2.1 predates WebP support — it was added upstream only in
  Qt 5.3.0). Ships a prebuilt libqwebp.so + KoboRoot.tgz, a reproducible
  from-source build recipe, and LGPL/BSD license notes. Fixes the .kepub.epub
  path (covers + in-book images); plain .epub library thumbnails are out of
  reach (Kobo's separate non-Qt path). Verified on a Forma (fw 4.38.23697).
  Reported upstream as kobolabs/epub-spec#74.
• --kepub-webp — opt back into WebP images for --kepub output (on
  convert and restore), for Kobo devices that have the plugin above
  installed. Without it, those images show blank, so it's off by default.
• New "Making WebP render on Kobo" section in docs/device-compatibility.md
  (root cause + what the plugin does and doesn't fix).

Changed

• --kepub no longer forces --keep-images. It still keeps the original
  JPEG/PNG by default (stock Kobo shows WebP as blank), but that is now a
  safe, overridable default (--kepub-webp) rather than a hard rule.

What's Changed

• Kobo WebP plugin + opt-in --kepub-webp by @bariskayadelen in #37

Full Changelog: cli-v1.7.2...cli-v1.8.0