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Joyful · 12-03-2010, 05:40 AM

Still no joy as far as covers of most of my books on the Wifi Kobo. I get a white page with the title or a generic cover that bears no resemblance to the cover of the book on the Kobobooks site.

I use Calibre and have made sure the cover shows up in the metadata but still no covers on the Kobo. When I look on the device within Calibre there is a small thumbnail of the book cover on most of my books but a generic cover or none at all shows on the Kobo itself when I disconnect. I don't remember that being the case prior to all my trouble.

I checked some of these books in ADE and no covers there either so I'm wondering if this is a Kobobooks problem. (I also still have on my computer the reader program from Sony because I bought a Sony initially but took it back - too much glare. The covers don't show on there either.)

Covers do show up in the Kobo desktop software but that program is just too frustrating to use and I can't find any answers to my questions on how to do some things within it.
I wanted to reload only a couple of my books back into the Kobo after my last factory reset (instead of synching it with all 54 books and risk overwhelming it) but found no way to do that with the Kobo software.
Finally figured out that I had to remove books from 'I'm reading' in My Library on the website to remove them from the desktop app but now I can't figure out how to get them to show up again (in the Kobo software).

I just can't see how that software is in any way helpful in managing my books. Had the Kobo desktop software been my only choice I would never have purchased a Kobo.

Is anyone else experiencing a lack of book covers?

Joyful

12-03-2010, 05:40 AM	#27
Joyful Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 21094 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo	Still no joy as far as covers of most of my books on the Wifi Kobo. I get a white page with the title or a generic cover that bears no resemblance to the cover of the book on the Kobobooks site. I use Calibre and have made sure the cover shows up in the metadata but still no covers on the Kobo. When I look on the device within Calibre there is a small thumbnail of the book cover on most of my books but a generic cover or none at all shows on the Kobo itself when I disconnect. I don't remember that being the case prior to all my trouble. I checked some of these books in ADE and no covers there either so I'm wondering if this is a Kobobooks problem. (I also still have on my computer the reader program from Sony because I bought a Sony initially but took it back - too much glare. The covers don't show on there either.) Covers do show up in the Kobo desktop software but that program is just too frustrating to use and I can't find any answers to my questions on how to do some things within it. I wanted to reload only a couple of my books back into the Kobo after my last factory reset (instead of synching it with all 54 books and risk overwhelming it) but found no way to do that with the Kobo software. Finally figured out that I had to remove books from 'I'm reading' in My Library on the website to remove them from the desktop app but now I can't figure out how to get them to show up again (in the Kobo software). I just can't see how that software is in any way helpful in managing my books. Had the Kobo desktop software been my only choice I would never have purchased a Kobo. Is anyone else experiencing a lack of book covers? Joyful Last edited by Joyful; 12-03-2010 at 05:43 AM.