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Pierre Menard · 03-06-2013, 06:44 PM

After a long time happily using calibre to send books via USB to my Nook, I'm now trying to get used to using the content server to send books to an Asus TF700 tablet.

One problem I'm having is the cover is not getting updated--ie, it comes over w/ the "default" cover from the publisher, not the one I added in the calibre library.

Searching the forums, I found lots of issues with cover art, but not specific to using the server. The only stuff I found that talked about the server seemed to say this should be working--that anything that exports books from calibre should also update the metadata. However, I'm seeing different behavior with the same book depending if I use "save to disk" (which does embed the new cover), "send to device" via USB (does embed), or download via the content server (does not embed the cover, but does seem to embed all other metadata).

I realize I can use the "modify epub" plugin to change the covers within the calibre library, but I wish to keep the books in my library in their original unaltered condition and only make changes to the exported copies. Which theoretically I think calibre should do, but it's not happening.

Am I doing it wrong?

03-06-2013, 06:44 PM	#1
Pierre Menard Zealot Posts: 118 Karma: 712690 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Kobo Aura HD, Nook HD+, Nook Simple Touch	Calibre server & updating cover art After a long time happily using calibre to send books via USB to my Nook, I'm now trying to get used to using the content server to send books to an Asus TF700 tablet. One problem I'm having is the cover is not getting updated--ie, it comes over w/ the "default" cover from the publisher, not the one I added in the calibre library. Searching the forums, I found lots of issues with cover art, but not specific to using the server. The only stuff I found that talked about the server seemed to say this should be working--that anything that exports books from calibre should also update the metadata. However, I'm seeing different behavior with the same book depending if I use "save to disk" (which does embed the new cover), "send to device" via USB (does embed), or download via the content server (does not embed the cover, but does seem to embed all other metadata). I realize I can use the "modify epub" plugin to change the covers within the calibre library, but I wish to keep the books in my library in their original unaltered condition and only make changes to the exported copies. Which theoretically I think calibre should do, but it's not happening. Am I doing it wrong? Last edited by Pierre Menard; 03-06-2013 at 06:53 PM.