cover art on purchsed books/ EPUB to EPUB

tongsan · 05-25-2011, 08:04 PM

I'm a newbie here, so thanks in advance for your patience

I have a Nook Color and really want to add cover art to sideloaded books that are already on the Nook (=NC). Many of these are DRM'd ebooks. They are stored in different directories on my hard drive and on the NC.

So: I have successfully brought those books into calibre and given them covers: hooray!

BUT: now how do I synch them back onto the NC? when I add the new books to the device from calibre I just get 2 copies--neither of which shows cover art in the NC, though the cover art was nicely visible in Calibre.

is this because the books are DRMd? I hope not?
am i doing something wrong? i hope so.

ps. and I see often that we're told to do an EPUB to EPUB conversion. why would we need to do that?

Elfwreck · 05-25-2011, 08:11 PM

I can't help you with the cover art issues (I don't have a Nook, and barely touch Calibre), but for epub to epub: the conversion will remove weird settings in the original (like wide margins good for viewing on a computer screen, or a too-small or too-large base font size) and allow the reader to use their own settings. It can also remove bad CSS elements or bad HTML sections, if any. Allows for a TOC to be made, and so on.

tongsan · 05-26-2011, 09:14 AM

i see, elfwreck. thanks. understanding is a good thing!

user_none · 05-26-2011, 09:53 AM

The cover you see is in calibre. Often you need to do an EPUB to EPUB conversion to have the cover properly set to the cover in calibre.

tongsan · 05-27-2011, 09:56 AM

but if the books are purchased and DRM'd I can't doan epub to epub conversion, right?

user_none · 05-27-2011, 10:23 AM

Indeed you cannot convert a DRM protected book. Often DRM protected books cannot have any content (cover included) changed in the actual file.

05-25-2011, 08:04 PM	#1
tongsan Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: nook color	cover art on purchsed books/ EPUB to EPUB I'm a newbie here, so thanks in advance for your patience I have a Nook Color and really want to add cover art to sideloaded books that are already on the Nook (=NC). Many of these are DRM'd ebooks. They are stored in different directories on my hard drive and on the NC. So: I have successfully brought those books into calibre and given them covers: hooray! BUT: now how do I synch them back onto the NC? when I add the new books to the device from calibre I just get 2 copies--neither of which shows cover art in the NC, though the cover art was nicely visible in Calibre. is this because the books are DRMd? I hope not? am i doing something wrong? i hope so. ps. and I see often that we're told to do an EPUB to EPUB conversion. why would we need to do that?

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05-25-2011, 08:11 PM	#2
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	I can't help you with the cover art issues (I don't have a Nook, and barely touch Calibre), but for epub to epub: the conversion will remove weird settings in the original (like wide margins good for viewing on a computer screen, or a too-small or too-large base font size) and allow the reader to use their own settings. It can also remove bad CSS elements or bad HTML sections, if any. Allows for a TOC to be made, and so on.

05-26-2011, 09:14 AM	#3
tongsan Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: nook color	i see, elfwreck. thanks. understanding is a good thing!

05-26-2011, 09:53 AM	#4
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	The cover you see is in calibre. Often you need to do an EPUB to EPUB conversion to have the cover properly set to the cover in calibre.

05-27-2011, 09:56 AM	#5
tongsan Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: nook color	but if the books are purchased and DRM'd I can't doan epub to epub conversion, right?

05-27-2011, 10:23 AM	#6
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	Indeed you cannot convert a DRM protected book. Often DRM protected books cannot have any content (cover included) changed in the actual file.

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