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Old 11-10-2014, 03:13 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Ripplinger View Post
I would double check the dimensions of the cover for that particular book. 1040x1477 just seems an odd size. If I'm creating my own cover, I generally try to stick to the reader's resolution. Having a larger image sized down is usually just a waste of pixels that inflates the file size for no reason.
And sometimes devices will simply spaz out on covers that are too big.

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If neither of those helps, I'd try changing preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" to preserveAspectRatio="yes" (or "none" would work), just to be sure Kobo isn't having a problem with the xMidYMid (I never remember seeing it in any book). But I usually prefer stretching a cover full screen, even if the AR is off slightly, because those white bands along the sides drive me nuts.
I see this all the time. (There is an option in calibre's conversion settings to toggle this, which is also triggered by metadata updates IIRC.)

Can't think why this would change anything.
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