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cybmole · 06-12-2015, 09:41 AM

aka old dog needing help learning new trick....

this is something I can do very easily in epub, via plug -ins, but I am probably using some ridiculously convoluted route for azw... so can someone please tell me how I should be doing this:

I have an azw, opened in calibre editor

Q1. I want to know the size of the cover image which is currently within the azw. I can't seem to see it, so I am exporting to desktop and asking windows for the answer- surely I am missing something simpler ? ( the editor is quoting a size, but this seems to be a thumbnail size of 160 x 240 when the true size , as checked by windows , is 600 x 900 )

Q2. I want to make that cover larger, or smaller., or replace it with something different. If I was dealing with an epub I would just change it in main library , via the metadata tools, and use modify-epub plug-in to put the new cover in tot he book. that is probably an obsolete route but it works and i can remember how to to it.
how should I do if , using only calibre editor, for azw, [ and i suppose I should learn the matching slick method for epub while I am at it ?]

For azw there has to be a better way than fixing it in epub then reconverting , surely?

06-12-2015, 09:41 AM	#1
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	change/resize cover in azw aka old dog needing help learning new trick.... this is something I can do very easily in epub, via plug -ins, but I am probably using some ridiculously convoluted route for azw... so can someone please tell me how I should be doing this: I have an azw, opened in calibre editor Q1. I want to know the size of the cover image which is currently within the azw. I can't seem to see it, so I am exporting to desktop and asking windows for the answer- surely I am missing something simpler ? ( the editor is quoting a size, but this seems to be a thumbnail size of 160 x 240 when the true size , as checked by windows , is 600 x 900 ) Q2. I want to make that cover larger, or smaller., or replace it with something different. If I was dealing with an epub I would just change it in main library , via the metadata tools, and use modify-epub plug-in to put the new cover in tot he book. that is probably an obsolete route but it works and i can remember how to to it. how should I do if , using only calibre editor, for azw, [ and i suppose I should learn the matching slick method for epub while I am at it ?] For azw there has to be a better way than fixing it in epub then reconverting , surely?