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Originally Posted by elemenoP
PatNY, in Calibre, I go into "edit metadata," do the step on the left "fetch metadata from server," and then "download cover" on the right. (seems like it won't download a cover unless you fetch the metadata first.) All the images that I've got that way are about 330 x 500. I don't know what server they are coming from, maybe they are all that size or maybe Calibre resizes upon import.
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Oh, OK. So you let Calibre download the cover for you. I have about 250 books in Calibre, and have never used Calibre for downloading covers. I am rather picky about my covers. So I find them either on Google images or other places on the web such as Barnes & Noble. They are always larger than 330 x 500. I aim for something around 800-900 pixels on the long side. Sometimes I find larger than that and will merely downsize it in Photoshop. I am so picky that if there is a cover I don't like, I may even try to edit it in Photoshop or make my own.
The value of larger size cover images (at least larger than 330 x 500) is that the covers will show up better without pixelation on a larger variety of devices. The screen of the PRS-350 is 800 x 600 pixels in resolution. So that's why I aim for something around 800 or 900 pixels high. So that it can show up nearly full size without any ill effects.