Hi Kovid, thanks for the quick reply. I thought that might be an issue, though I think the time saved fetching meta data has, for me, been far exceeded by the time taken trying to find the cover I have in mind for various books (i.e. the ones used in my country).
Might it instead be possible to add a "Download cover thumbnails" button to the "Fetch metadata from the server" window then, or make it a preference that's off by default?
Or offer a gallery to choose from when you press "Download cover"?
Right now it can be a very time consuming, hit and miss process finding the covers you have in mind, that's all. For example getting an entire series to all use the same style of cover.