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Old Yesterday, 12:10 PM   #1
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Generate default cover when adding book to library

Is there any way to automatically use/run the edit metadata function to generate a default cover when adding a book to Calibre?

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Old Yesterday, 07:17 PM   #2
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Might be able to do it with an Action Chain.

An "If no cover, generate one" option would be a useful addition to Adding Books Preferences.

You can Generate it without going to Metadata Edit, viz:

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Old Yesterday, 11:45 PM   #3
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No but you can generate them in bulk after adding by slecting all of them and usingthe bulk metadata edit dialog.
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