Thread: Run Generate Cover if "send to device"
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Old 01-31-2015, 12:03 PM   #1
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Run Generate Cover if "send to device"
Hi,
IŽd like to auto-run generate cover if I convert respectively send to device.

Normally I download stories with fanfictiondownloader (with the cover from the author if availabe) as an epub.
With "send to device" calibre converts the epub to mobi.

If I want to have a glance on the description I have to open the book and view the first page on my device. But in this case the ebook is marked as "read" on my device and furthermore the order of my ebooks is changed.

Now as a temporary solution I generated a custom cover with only the description to see as cover in my kindle menu
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But with this I have to run "generate cover" manually for each book and the original cover in calibre is overwritten.

Now IŽd like to keep the original cover in my library (in the epub)
and use my custom cover only in the mobi-file if I send it to my device.

I was looking for a possibility to run "generate cover" automatically if I convert my epub in mobi or if I send it to the device but unfortunately I have found nothing.
Or maybe combine it with my reading list "send automatic to device if connected".

Thanks for your help!
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