PRS-350 PRS 350 - I've lost all my book covers

JoHunt · 01-15-2012, 02:41 PM

My PRS 350 was stuck in Calibre, so I just unplugged it.

I now only have generic blank thumbnails as book covers. I tried adding a new book and it also is blank. Any ideas of how I can get my covers back?

jackie_w · 01-15-2012, 07:46 PM

Is this old post any use to you? In particular the last paragraph. But you do need to have Calibre metadata management set to Automatic in Prefs - Sending books to device for it to work.

However, if you are currently managing Sony Collections manually on your reader, don't try the above as Calibre will recreate all the Collections when you next connect.

JoHunt · 01-16-2012, 12:54 AM

Thanks much for your help - Calibre is already set to these settings, so I was at a bit of a loss.

But I did some digging around in the directory of my Sony and discovered that the folder for thumbnail/database/media/books was missing. I created a new folder, synced with Calibre and all my covers returned

bla · 03-12-2012, 03:54 PM

You do realize that "book"covers just take up space and slow things down...and unless you have a color display they look crap, i HAVE ALL MY BOOK DISPLAY LISTS SET TO LIST AS i HAVE A 1000 + BOOKS .......... AM i MISSING SOME USEFUL PURPOSE FOR COVERS ?

carpetmojo · 03-12-2012, 06:25 PM

The motto ? Always hit the "disconnect hardware safely" button (or similar..) before grabbing that lead....

Pinecone · 03-15-2012, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bla

You do realize that "book"covers just take up space and slow things down...and unless you have a color display they look crap, i HAVE ALL MY BOOK DISPLAY LISTS SET TO LIST AS i HAVE A 1000 + BOOKS .......... AM i MISSING SOME USEFUL PURPOSE FOR COVERS ?

So???

I have over 2000 books and like having the covers displayed.

01-15-2012, 02:41 PM	#1
JoHunt I am what I am Posts: 6,625 Karma: 62235665 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: iPad3, Voyage	PRS 350 - I've lost all my book covers My PRS 350 was stuck in Calibre, so I just unplugged it. I now only have generic blank thumbnails as book covers. I tried adding a new book and it also is blank. Any ideas of how I can get my covers back?

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01-15-2012, 07:46 PM	#2
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,212 Karma: 16534894 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: Kobo: KA1, ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E. PocketBook: TouchHD3	Is this old post any use to you? In particular the last paragraph. But you do need to have Calibre metadata management set to Automatic in Prefs - Sending books to device for it to work. However, if you are currently managing Sony Collections manually on your reader, don't try the above as Calibre will recreate all the Collections when you next connect.

01-16-2012, 12:54 AM	#3
JoHunt I am what I am Posts: 6,625 Karma: 62235665 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: iPad3, Voyage	Thanks much for your help - Calibre is already set to these settings, so I was at a bit of a loss. But I did some digging around in the directory of my Sony and discovered that the folder for thumbnail/database/media/books was missing. I created a new folder, synced with Calibre and all my covers returned

03-12-2012, 03:54 PM	#4
bla E bookworm Posts: 358 Karma: 2013666 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Sony PRS T1,Android Tablet, I phone	You do realize that "book"covers just take up space and slow things down...and unless you have a color display they look crap, i HAVE ALL MY BOOK DISPLAY LISTS SET TO LIST AS i HAVE A 1000 + BOOKS .......... AM i MISSING SOME USEFUL PURPOSE FOR COVERS ?

03-12-2012, 06:25 PM	#5
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	The motto ? Always hit the "disconnect hardware safely" button (or similar..) before grabbing that lead....

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