Glo Cover not displaying on Kobo Glo

Bronwyn · 12-10-2012, 12:32 AM

Hi all,
Loving my Kobo Glo BUT this morning I bought a book from Bookworld, dragged & dropped it from ADE to Kobo & there is no book cover, just a blank white square. The cover shows in ADE, Calibre, Bookworld on my laptop & on my Ipad.
Also not showing on my Touch. I've deleted the book & re-added it umpteen times on both ereaders to no avail. Also did the paperclip re-set. This particular book is one of a series & the others all display covers. Any suggestions. Thanks

davidfor · 12-10-2012, 01:25 AM

The Kobo devices use the first page of the book as the cover. What does the first page look like on the Glo?

Bronwyn · 12-10-2012, 01:32 AM

Thanks for the quick reply, davidfor.
Page 1 on my glo is blank. I haven't ever had this problem before. Is it fixable because it's driving me bonkers. Why do the covers show in ADE etc?

davidfor · 12-10-2012, 04:02 AM

ADE must be reading the cover from somewhere else. It might be the last page in the book. The ePub standard supports adding semantics to files inside the book. So you can mark different sections as the cover, copyright, TOC and other parts. ADE might be using that to get the cover. But, I didn't think calibre did. If the book doesn't have DRM, you can use calibre to put the cover at the start of the book.

If you send the book to the device from calibre, you can set both the "send covers" and "always send cover" option in the driver. This will copy the cover that calibre has to the device when you do a send.

12-10-2012, 12:32 AM	#1
Bronwyn Member Posts: 13 Karma: 4212 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia Device: Kobo	Cover not displaying on Kobo Glo Hi all, Loving my Kobo Glo BUT this morning I bought a book from Bookworld, dragged & dropped it from ADE to Kobo & there is no book cover, just a blank white square. The cover shows in ADE, Calibre, Bookworld on my laptop & on my Ipad. Also not showing on my Touch. I've deleted the book & re-added it umpteen times on both ereaders to no avail. Also did the paperclip re-set. This particular book is one of a series & the others all display covers. Any suggestions. Thanks

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12-10-2012, 01:25 AM	#2
davidfor Wizard Posts: 2,296 Karma: 2116314 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo	The Kobo devices use the first page of the book as the cover. What does the first page look like on the Glo?

12-10-2012, 01:32 AM	#3
Bronwyn Member Posts: 13 Karma: 4212 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia Device: Kobo	Thanks for the quick reply, davidfor. Page 1 on my glo is blank. I haven't ever had this problem before. Is it fixable because it's driving me bonkers. Why do the covers show in ADE etc?

12-10-2012, 04:02 AM	#4
davidfor Wizard Posts: 2,296 Karma: 2116314 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo	ADE must be reading the cover from somewhere else. It might be the last page in the book. The ePub standard supports adding semantics to files inside the book. So you can mark different sections as the cover, copyright, TOC and other parts. ADE might be using that to get the cover. But, I didn't think calibre did. If the book doesn't have DRM, you can use calibre to put the cover at the start of the book. If you send the book to the device from calibre, you can set both the "send covers" and "always send cover" option in the driver. This will copy the cover that calibre has to the device when you do a send.


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