D-Load New Cover But NOTHING Changes...Why?

[Nalapombu]

Hey all,

I was loading a book onto Calibre and I noticed that instead of Cover Art it simply had a B&W picture. While I was editing the MetaData I clicked on the "DOWNLOAD COVER" button and the correct cover came up from Amazon so I selected it. Back at the main screen the new cover appeared in the box to the right and I thought things were Ok and that the new cover had replaced the B&W pic it had originally. I went into the "VIEW" section to see if the book was laid out properly and that there were no problems with the text. The first thing that came up in the VIEW section was that same B&W picture. I scrolled down and the cover I selected to replace the B&W pic never appeared. Have no clue where it is. The has happened before and when I load it onto my Kindle Fire I won't see the correct cover art, the B&W pic will be what is displayed for this book.

Normally it wouldn't be a big deal, but this pic that comes up has NO INFO on it at all that would identify what book it is. So I can't have just this B&W Pic for this book on my Fire.

Can someone tell me how to actually get the NEW cover art to show up like it is supposed to? Also is there a way to delete the B&W pic that is being used now?

This is a MOBI file by the way, it hasn't been converted or messed with at all until I tried to change the cover art.


This happens more often to me with PDF files. I do the same thing as above and the new cover art will show up in the right hand view, but when I open it to view it the same this happens, the OLD cover art shows up. The only way I could fix that the last time was to use a program that allowed editing of PDF files. It's awfully aggravating to go through all that when the program should take care of it on it's own.

PLEASE tell me how to fix this.


ALSO, in the next version how about adding in a feature where you can mark or somehow ID the books that you have already read.

Thanks for your help.

Nalajr

[BetterRed]

@Nalapombu - downloading the cover updates Calibre's database, but not the Book. If you upload the book to your Kindle it should take the new cover with it. To update the Book on your desktop/laptop do a MOBI to MOBI conversion.

Here's a discussion between BeccaPrice & kiwidude that should help explain, it starts at post 5 in this thread ===>>> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...+MOBI+metadata

[Gunnerp245]

Install the modify epub plugin as it has an open to replace the cover 'without' re-converting the file.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Gunnerp245

Install the modify epub plugin as it has an open to replace the cover 'without' re-converting the file.

@Gunnerp245 : Does Modify EPUB work on MOBI & PDF files ?

[Nalapombu]

Originally Posted by Gunnerp245

Install the modify epub plugin as it has an open to replace the cover 'without' re-converting the file.

Explain please. I'm not as advanced as you are with this program. I am using MOBI and PDF book files. I don't think any of them I have in Calibre right now are Epub. As soon as I get an EPub file I convert it to MOBI so I can use it on my Kindle Fire.

Thanks

Nalajr

[paw3pals]

BetterRed is correct. You need to do a MOBI to MOBI conversion with the new cover.

If you originally have an EPUB, you would add the cover and then convert to MOBI.

Originally Posted by Nalapombu

Explain please. I'm not as advanced as you are with this program. I am using MOBI and PDF book files. I don't think any of them I have in Calibre right now are Epub. As soon as I get an EPub file I convert it to MOBI so I can use it on my Kindle Fire.

Thanks

Nalajr

[Nalapombu]

The book file started out as a MOBI file. Who knows what file it REALLY started out as though.

I loaded it into Calibre and noticed the cover was all messed up and I took the action I described in the original post. That still didn't work as the cover I selected didn't show up. Well I then went in and did the MOBI to MOBI conversion and the new cover showed up fine. Now I don't know what will happen when I load it onto my Kindle Fire, I'll see soon enough though.

Thanks for the help.
Nalajr

[Gunnerp245]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@Gunnerp245 : Does Modify EPUB work on MOBI & PDF files ?

Nope, I evidently missed the part of the post where the op said...MOBI.

Edit: There is however a MOBI unpack plugin which could likely be used to replace the cover. [GUI Plugin] MobiUnpack - The Plugin

[Man Eating Duck]

Originally Posted by Nalapombu

ALSO, in the next version how about adding in a feature where you can mark or somehow ID the books that you have already read.

This is possible right now, it's called a custom column. In those you can put what you want. Here's how you can set up a "Read?" column:

Right click on any column header, and select "Add your own columns" at the bottom. Click the green + sign at the right, and enter read, Read? and select Yes/No as indicated in the left screenshot. Restart Calibre (Ctrl+R).

If you want to get fancy you can also make a column with multiple choices. After clicking the green + sign, enter the values shown in the right screenshot, enter a comma-separated list of whichever options you want. Restart Calibre (Ctrl+R).

On some readers you can also use such a column to create collections or shelves on your reader, I find this *very* handy for managing my reading queue.

[BeccaPrice]

Originally Posted by Nalapombu View Post
ALSO, in the next version how about adding in a feature where you can mark or somehow ID the books that you have already read.

There's extensive directions in the help file for doing this.