I am surprised this hasn't affected anyone else, but this change has made the cover browser virtually useless for me. 90-95% of my books now have a significant portion of the lower cover missing in the cover browser, with more than three quarters of those now missing all or part of the title of the book itself. I understand not wanting the aspect ratio distorted, but lopping off a significant portion of the cover is not really an improvement, at least in my case. Even the default, generic book cover automatically generated by calibre is chopped off, though that one is awkwardly cut off at the right side.
I think a large part of the problem stems from the fact that hardback and paperback covers obviously do not have the same aspect ratio, and the majority of my collection has the paperback cover.
Could something be added into the preferences? The cover browser was a really nice feature, and it is a real shame to lose it.
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