Apologies for resurrecting a year old post, however I thought it appropriate to ask my question here as it's been partially answered.
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Originally Posted by scottjl
If you manage your epub files in a tool like calibre, you can select artwork when you edit the meta information. it will even search for cover art for you. apparently there is some issue with the program though. if you have the book already converted to epub format, and then add a cover, it will not embed it into the epub file. you have to recreate or resave the epub file to get the graphic stored in there from calibre.
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So far, I've added 316 epubs to Calibre. I wasn't 100% happy with many of the covers for my older books (I'm picky/OCD about that!
) and updated them manually. I loaded a few books on my iPad last night and saw that the covers were not embedded and not showing up in iBooks.
By recreating or saving, as stated above, does this mean I need to convert individually (or in bulk) an existing epub into an epub again? Please, oh please tell me there is an easier way to embed the cover in the metadata!
In Calibre preferences I have "Save Covers Separately" checked. Should this be checked? What are the pros and cons of this feature?
Thanks for your help,
Lizzie