Thread: Polish feature: new cover
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Old 08-27-2020, 11:27 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by zzaino View Post
When I use the Calibre's polish feature "update cover", the original book cover is lost.
Can I simply add a new cover without losing the original?
I'd like the new and the original cover appears in my kindle when I load the books.
NO, Polish, Embed Metadata make the book to the CURRENT Calibre values.

A book can only have one 'cover' << this is a flag in the file for both the HTML 'page' and the image on it. (the filename can be any vali ones this way)

You could:
a) remove those flags before polishing, so those files will not be replaced

b) Use a photo editor to make a composite of the 2 images (and make THAT, the Calibre cover image. before polishing
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