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Old 01-25-2012, 01:18 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by GeckoFriend View Post
I "purchased" several free books from Amazon today; when I added them to calibre one did not have a cover and calibre cannot find a cover from any source.

I have generated a cover using the image from Amazon but am curious why the Amazon cover is not found by calibre.
DRM ? Calibre can't open those books to get any included cover.
GIGO (metadata sources). If a book has an ID assigned, it tries for covers using the ID.
If no ID is assigned, it looks at a lot more possibilities.
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