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Old 04-09-2013, 01:53 AM   #14
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Interesting to see how that is done. Outside of resizing the image to fill the screen which will either cause distortion if the full image is used or lose part of the image if the full image is not used. I've often used search.overdrive.com to grab cover images with the 4:3 aspect ratio to replace some of the odd images used for covers by some publishers.
The first two photos show four covers generated from the first page of their books: stretched in the first, with white space in the second. The third photo shows the covers sent from Calibre with aspect ratio preserved, no white space or stretching.
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