Multiple cover art pictures

Polgs · 05-07-2020, 12:10 AM

I can't find any references to having multiple cover art pics for a book so I'm asking here. Is there a way to add more than one picture as cover art? The reason is that, for some books, it would be good to have both front and rear covers saved in calibre.

kovidgoyal · 05-07-2020, 12:25 AM

You can have only a single cover image, but if you wish to save an additional image with the book you can add it as a book format.

BetterRed · 05-07-2020, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You can have only a single cover image, but if you wish to save an additional image with the book you can add it as a book format.

@Polgs - you might need to use this tweak:

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theducks · 05-07-2020, 09:49 AM

I just add Additional pages with the art.
There can only be one True (marked as) Cover, the rest are just (pages)

DO NOT add the images to the file flagged as Cover, it can (and probably will) get updated, orphaning the images (no use, subject to cleanup tools)

I simply name my files alt_cvr(# if more than 1), back_cvr (this is obviously a artifact from my paper copy. e-books have no backs

)

Polgs · 05-07-2020, 09:45 PM

Thanks for your quick responses.

05-07-2020, 12:10 AM	#1
Polgs Member Posts: 10 Karma: 18074 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Australia Device: none	Multiple cover art pictures I can't find any references to having multiple cover art pics for a book so I'm asking here. Is there a way to add more than one picture as cover art? The reason is that, for some books, it would be good to have both front and rear covers saved in calibre.

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05-07-2020, 12:25 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,966 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can have only a single cover image, but if you wish to save an additional image with the book you can add it as a book format.

05-07-2020, 09:49 AM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,922 Karma: 55705602 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I just add Additional pages with the art. There can only be one True (marked as) Cover, the rest are just (pages) DO NOT add the images to the file flagged as Cover, it can (and probably will) get updated, orphaning the images (no use, subject to cleanup tools) I simply name my files alt_cvr(# if more than 1), back_cvr (this is obviously a artifact from my paper copy. e-books have no backs )

05-07-2020, 09:45 PM	#5
Polgs Member Posts: 10 Karma: 18074 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Australia Device: none	Thanks for your quick responses.