Thread: Cover not dowloading to KOBO reader
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Old 12-07-2013, 09:14 PM   #4
davidfor
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That all makes sense. Because the book doesn't have a cover, calibre can't update it during the send. Calibre also doesn't modify the book when you change the metadata or cover in the library. It only does this when you send the book outside the library or use a function that specifically does this.

There are three ways within calibre to add or replace the cover:

- The Modify ePub plugin has an option to insert or replace the cover.
- The Polish Books function in calibre will also do it.
- A conversion from epub to epub. The default options should add the cover as the first page.

I tend to use Modify ePub, but that is mainly because it has been around a lot longer than Polish Books.

You can also get the cover to the Kobo ereader with my utilities plugin. It has an option where you select the book in the calibre library and it will generate the cover images on the device. Sometimes this doesn't look like it worked as the device caches a few cover images in memory. Restarting the device will fix this.
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