Author Profile is removed everytime I change the cover

[Julius Caesar]

Every time I change the cover of a book with Calibre 1.0, the Author Profile is removed. I can get it back by deleting the book, redownload from Amazon store but of course the cover is changed back to the original.

So, either I get a new cover or the author profile, but I can't get them both. The author profile file is still in the sdr directory so it doesn't seem to be the problem.

How do I get both the cover of my choosing and keep the author profile?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Julius Caesar

Every time I change the cover of a book with Calibre 1.0, the Author Profile is removed. I can get it back by deleting the book, redownload from Amazon store but of course the cover is changed back to the original.

So, either I get a new cover or the author profile, but I can't get them both. The author profile file is still in the sdr directory so it doesn't seem to be the problem.

How do I get both the cover of my choosing and keep the author profile?

how are you changing the cover ? (steps you use please)

Are you changing the cover in Calibre the converting/sending to device to embed it in the book?

Search the Internet PI can locate covers that you then drop onto the details pane (or in the metadata edit window) for the book. I find better covers for some of my older books (I want the one on that was on my dead tree edition)

[Julius Caesar]

Originally Posted by theducks

how are you changing the cover ? (steps you use please)

Are you changing the cover in Calibre the converting/sending to device to embed it in the book?

Search the Internet PI can locate covers that you then drop onto the details pane (or in the metadata edit window) for the book. I find better covers for some of my older books (I want the one on that was on my dead tree edition)

1. Plug Kindle Paperwhite to my computer
2. Run Calibre
3. Click Add Books toolbar and select the book from Kindle documents folder
4. Right click on the book and click Edit Metadata > Edit Metadata Individually
5. Click Change Cover - Browse button and select a cover that I like from my hard drive. Calibre is unable to find an alternative cover that I like. So I have to search for it manually.
6. Click OK
7. Right click and Send to Device > Send to Main Memory
8. I have a green check mark indicating the operation is successful.
9. Safely remove the device from USB port
10. Turn on Paperwhite. I now have a new cover. Both the thumbnail and cover in full screen have been replaced but then the Author Profile is gone.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Julius Caesar

1. Plug Kindle Paperwhite to my computer
2. Run Calibre
3. Click Add Books toolbar and select the book from Kindle documents folder
4. Right click on the book and click Edit Metadata > Edit Metadata Individually
5. Click Change Cover - Browse button and select a cover that I like from my hard drive. Calibre is unable to find an alternative cover that I like. So I have to search for it manually.
6. Click OK
7. Right click and Send to Device > Send to Main Memory
8. I have a green check mark indicating the operation is successful.
9. Safely remove the device from USB port
10. Turn on Paperwhite. I now have a new cover. Both the thumbnail and cover in full screen have been replaced but then the Author Profile is gone.

Step 3 appears to be replacing the book in Calibre
is the author Profile in Calibre or only the device? If it is the device, calibre will overwrite and may disassociate the PW internal link

If all you want to do is change the cover. Drop the new cover into Metadata edit (for the correct Book )
The send the book again