12-20-2010, 10:46 AM | #76 |
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Before mine got wrapped for Christmas, I noticed that some of the books in MS .doc format showed up on my NC. None of them had covers showing. In fact I was surprised that they showed up at all. They were just some left overs on the SD card. I didn't try to get the covers to show since I hadn't really intended for them to be on the NC.
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I don't think there are any workarounds at the moment for books with DRM or PDF's. They show a standard BN book icon. |
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12-22-2010, 12:49 PM | #78 |
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So far, converting epub to epub trick works best for me. It seems to 'clean up' the file layout of the epub and makes it consistent. It has cleaned up the 'cover' tag problems in every book that I've tried so far and it's easy to batch covert to fix the rest.
To those people adding My Files/Books to the device output path: Why was this needed? Calibre is placing everything I send to the device in this directory already and adding that simply created 2 more subdirectories under "My Files/Books". I'm not sure if this is something that selecting the "Nook Color" from Preferences/Common Options/Page Setup did automatically or what. |
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12-24-2010, 11:53 AM | #80 | |
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Doesn't seem to change anything else in the ePub just adds the cover and the metadata The other way is to download the jpeg from google or some where and insert it using Sigil |
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12-24-2010, 12:05 PM | #81 |
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I use calibre and convert the book to an ePub with output set at NOOKcolor and don't have any problems with book covers displaying. Unfortunately, sideloaded books won't show on the Home pages.
Admittedly, most of my books come from the Sony Reader Store and start out life as a well formatted ePubs. I deDRM all of them and convert them to look best on my sony Readers and my NC--two different conversions. And the Home pages occasionaly display book covers that I specifically removed. For some strange reason they will suddenly reappear. There are definitely a few bugs to work out in the system. Last edited by jswinden; 12-24-2010 at 12:09 PM. |
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12-24-2010, 04:59 PM | #84 | |
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There are recipes that work with calibre and a lot of people use them. I never have researched that concept but recipes might be a way to set up for different types of conversions then quickly access them. Perhaps I should read the manual! |
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I just noticed that "tools_v2.3" & "tools_v2.2" has an .pwy file called "ePub_Fixer.pyw". In reading the readme file I see it says "ePubs are specially crafted zip archives. Unfortunately, many of te DRM encoded Adobe Adept and Barnes & Noble ePubs are not "proper" zip archives in that the names of some files in the zip central directory do NOT match the local name given in archive itself. This type of zip archive is technically incorrect/corrupted and can not be read by many other programs."
I wonder if this would fix the cover problem. I would check but my NC is headed back to B&N with a new replacement coming. Unless someone else reports on it first, I'll check when I get my new NC. |
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Converting epub to mobi to epub work fine for me, though i have not tried epub to epub only.
I do have output set to Nook in ouput prefs. Hope this help. Last edited by artbatista; 01-05-2011 at 11:55 PM. |
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I have noticed that a few of my sideloaded books will have covers initially, then sometimes disappear and be replaced with the generic text (title) of the book. After rebooting, they show up again...almost like it's a refresh issue or something.
Also, if you use Sigil to modify your ePub, I noticed the file structure of the ePub changes dramatically. There are a couple of ways to organize the HTML inside the ePub I know... How do I know? unZip your ePub made from Calibre to a folder. Modify the original ePub with Sigil, and then unZip that ePub to another directory and compare the contents. At least in the one book I was working on I noticed this. I was breaking my book into chapters with Sigil that were absent in the original ePub. If you wish to retain the original structure for whatever reason, Sigil and Calibre appear to not be identical in ePub creations. |
01-04-2011, 08:43 PM | #89 |
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Nook Color Sideloaded Books and Book Covers
The Nook Color should be able to load book covers, Barnes and Noble are working on this issue as we type, they know whats wrong and they are fixing it, Check their forums. Also the side-loaded books don't work on the home screen YET, but that is also something that SHOULD be coming in a NEAR FUTURE Update.
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01-07-2011, 05:32 PM | #90 |
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Even the books that came with the NookCOLOR, User Guide and Quick Start Guide do not show covers; until you open one up. Then the covers are available on the home screen.
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