Replacing cover switches file name but not image!

[usernameforbidde]

I've tried this three time now:

1. Edit an epub.
2. Right click on the cover and choose replace file.
3. Choose a new file.
4. Observer the file name change.
5. Double click the file to see it changed.
6. Save the book.
7. Edit the same epub.
8. The old cover is now back under the new filename!!!

What is going on?

[retiredbiker]

Two things.

One, when you change the cover inside the book using the Editor, it does not change the external copy of the cover stored with the book in the book folder. That "backup copy" will hang around and come back to haunt you if you leave it.

Two, there is a setting in the Editor Preferences: in the "integration with Calibre" section, uncheck "Update metadata embedded in the book when opening". This is probably what is causing the cover to get restored from the folder when you open the editor again. Note this is Editor Preferences, not the general ones, get to it from within the editor.

The safest way to put your edited cover into the folder as the external copy is, after the edit, open Edit Metadata for that book. Then in the format control box at the top right, highlight the newly edited epub and then click the blue box. The tool tip says "set the cover for the book from the selected format"...it is actually setting the external copy.

If you don't correct that external copy, It will also come back if you Polish the book, and probably in other places as well, depending on various settings.

Yes this is confusing!

[usernameforbidde]

OMG, thank you for that information, it was driving me crazy!

You're right it's confusing, enough that I didn't fully understand everything you wrote.

However, just updating the meta data cover in Calibre made it also transfer to the device, so I'm just going to ignore the edit book option.

[retiredbiker]

Originally Posted by usernameforbidde

However, just updating the meta data cover in Calibre made it also transfer to the device, so I'm just going to ignore the edit book option.

Yes, that will work with update metadata set to go on send to device.
The safest thing is to put the new cover in with edit metadata, then polish the book with update cover checked. Then you will know it is in the actual book.