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cheshyre · 12-24-2018, 10:51 AM

I have hundreds of books in my folder with bad covers.
I now have a folder of good cover art.
But I'm not finding a way to update the covers without going into the UI and selecting them one-by-one.

calibredb set_metadata -f cover:"C:\Path\Filename.jpg" id
shows the metadata, same as if I'd typed
calibredb show_metadata id

I also tried replacing the cover.jpg in the ebook folder with my desired file, but the UI still shows the original image. (cached?)

Thanks in advance!

12-24-2018, 10:51 AM	#1
cheshyre Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2018 Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2	Adding covers from command-prompt? I have hundreds of books in my folder with bad covers. I now have a folder of good cover art. But I'm not finding a way to update the covers without going into the UI and selecting them one-by-one. calibredb set_metadata -f cover:"C:\Path\Filename.jpg" id shows the metadata, same as if I'd typed calibredb show_metadata id I also tried replacing the cover.jpg in the ebook folder with my desired file, but the UI still shows the original image. (cached?) Thanks in advance!