12-30-2012, 07:19 PM | #1 |
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Metadata (added cover art) not downloaded to Arc
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I've got some free ePub books (onto my desktop PC) which have no cover art, and added appropriate covers through Calibre's Google search. When I push the ePubs onto my Kobo Arc from Calibre, the files appear on the SD card memory and can be added to the Arc's Kobo Library - but the cover art does not appear. Am I doing something wrong, or is this a problem with the Arc, which perhaps reads only the metadata included in the original file and ignores the new data provided by Calibre? Thanks, Alan |
12-30-2012, 08:03 PM | #2 |
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If the Arc is anything like the Kobo e-ink devices, it is using the first page of the book as the cover. Open the book in the calibre viewer and see what it has. If that doesn't have a cover, you need to do an epup->epub conversion to add it to the book. The Modify ePub plugin might work as well. It will replace covers, but I can never remember if it adds covers to ePubs as well.
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12-31-2012, 12:34 AM | #3 |
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And the "synchronise" function on the Kobo App seems to only work one way - it certainly hasn't worked to inform the website about the books that I have on the Arc. |
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01-04-2013, 01:25 PM | #5 |
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01-04-2013, 07:33 PM | #6 |
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I can't talk to your Kobo problem. Among many other features the Modify ePub plugin will embed the cover image in the ePub.
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