[Dr. Drib]

Some authors (and publishers), in their efforts to push their products onto the public no matter what the final product may look like (which is usually crap), sometimes don't bother to put a cover on their product or else they put it in the wrong place.

So, how can we easily add covers to free ebooks from these lazy and/or ignorant authors and publishers?

The Secret is calibre.

Here's a tip I just now discovered. There's no longer a need to search all over the internet for a good cover, or to use Amazon's crippled cover graphic.

The method detailed below works beautifully - if the author/publisher embedded the cover in the wrong place:

1) Load calibre
2) add the ebook file
3) go to View
4) find the cover (click through the pages until you find it) and right-click COPY on the cover image (it won't be on the first page, which is the reason for the problem)
5) close View
6) open Edit Metadata
7) right-click PASTE
8) cover has been added
9) Now Convert the book to your choice of file format

That's it. Even if you've already added calibre's ugly "bookshelf cover" [read 'vanilla'] to your file all you need to do is detailed above.

Although I'm a Moderator here, we may decide to move this thread to a more appropriate forum, if needed.



Don