Create a book cover

svetlanahedge · 01-03-2010, 10:38 AM

Hi list,

I'm new to eBooks, I got a Sony PRS-600 for Christmas :-)

I'd like to know how to create and insert, format a cover for a book that Calibre (great piece of software) cannot find on the Net.

TIA

S

user_none · 01-03-2010, 10:52 AM

The easiest thing to do is make a PNG or JPG for the cover. Open "Edit meta information" and on the bottom right under where it says change cover image, click the open button. Select your cover image. When you convert this image will be used as the cover.

svetlanahedge · 01-03-2010, 10:59 AM

Thank you user_none.

banjomike · 01-04-2010, 08:09 AM

My favourite fix for this is to manually find a cover on the internet and then use that.

Goodreads have a lot and there is always Google.

Sometimes if you enter an ISBN number into Calibre it will find the cover by itself.

Ea · 01-04-2010, 08:25 AM

I usually use Google image search to find a cover - takes no more than a minute or two. Save it on my desktop and add in calibre.

01-03-2010, 10:38 AM	#1
svetlanahedge Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Sony PRS-600	Create a book cover Hi list, I'm new to eBooks, I got a Sony PRS-600 for Christmas :-) I'd like to know how to create and insert, format a cover for a book that Calibre (great piece of software) cannot find on the Net. TIA S

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01-03-2010, 10:52 AM	#2
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	The easiest thing to do is make a PNG or JPG for the cover. Open "Edit meta information" and on the bottom right under where it says change cover image, click the open button. Select your cover image. When you convert this image will be used as the cover.

01-03-2010, 10:59 AM	#3
svetlanahedge Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Sony PRS-600	Thank you user_none.

01-04-2010, 08:09 AM	#4
banjomike Addict Posts: 319 Karma: 397404 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Device: PRS-505,DSlibris,nook Glow & HD+,Tab S2,Moon+,Clara,Clara Colour	My favourite fix for this is to manually find a cover on the internet and then use that. Goodreads have a lot and there is always Google. Sometimes if you enter an ISBN number into Calibre it will find the cover by itself.

01-04-2010, 08:25 AM	#5
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	I usually use Google image search to find a cover - takes no more than a minute or two. Save it on my desktop and add in calibre.

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