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Old 07-15-2011, 08:08 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by afv011 View Post
Actually it works, all you need is to add a metadata field named "cover" with the info for the cover image. That's how I added covers to all my sideloaded books - I open them in the archive manager (equivalent to winzip, but in Linux), and edit the metadata on the fly.

It gets a bit more sporty if you have already a "cover" entry in the metadata, but it is doable.
You are mistaking "Calibre metadata editing" with "ePub metadata editing". Of course it can be done by hand. What I was commenting on is that if I use the Edit Metadata tool in Calibre to add a cover, it doesn't set that field in the opf when I send the ePub to a device (unlike the other fields). You have to run an ePub->ePub conversion to get Calibre to do it for you.
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