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sahmad88 · 04-11-2010, 01:30 PM

I am not sure if this is a question about what iTunes is doing, or how epubs hand artwork. So I apologize in advance if this question is in the wrong forum.

I put all my non-DRM epubs into iBooks and I can't figure out how to get the artwork to show up. I like the bookshelf display of books in iBooks, but if you can't see the artwork and all you see is small thumbnail of a page with some text and perhaps a very small picture, then it is hard, if not impossible, to figure out which book is which. About half of my ebooks have this problem. I have gone into iTunes and updated the artwork. It displays fine in coverflow in iTunes. I have deleted the books off of my iPad and my iTunes library and resynced everything, and still the new book covers won't show up. Other than that, I really like the iBooks software.

I love the two page view and even though there is no option to go white text on black, the brightness can be turned down enough that I can read in the middle of the night without glare and without waking up my husband. I just wish I could get this option to work. Any ideas? Thanks.

04-11-2010, 01:30 PM	#1
sahmad88 Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 567 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: nook color	Question about iBooks and book covers I am not sure if this is a question about what iTunes is doing, or how epubs hand artwork. So I apologize in advance if this question is in the wrong forum. I put all my non-DRM epubs into iBooks and I can't figure out how to get the artwork to show up. I like the bookshelf display of books in iBooks, but if you can't see the artwork and all you see is small thumbnail of a page with some text and perhaps a very small picture, then it is hard, if not impossible, to figure out which book is which. About half of my ebooks have this problem. I have gone into iTunes and updated the artwork. It displays fine in coverflow in iTunes. I have deleted the books off of my iPad and my iTunes library and resynced everything, and still the new book covers won't show up. Other than that, I really like the iBooks software. I love the two page view and even though there is no option to go white text on black, the brightness can be turned down enough that I can read in the middle of the night without glare and without waking up my husband. I just wish I could get this option to work. Any ideas? Thanks.