Elegant way to get cover in pdf?

maddhin · 08-09-2017, 10:45 PM

Hi,

I have a couple of pdfs which start at the first page etc = do not include the cover = looks "ugly" when used on a reader.

The solution I saw in the forums for this is to covert from pdf to pdf and therefore include the cover etc.

BUT, this solution has the disadvantage that it changes the pdf according to the preferences. Some pdfs are actually "destroyed" this way or loose things like page numbers etc pp.

Is there a elegant solution to just add the cover to the existing pdf? Like a plug-in? That would be super!

The only solution I found now is to use Adobe (or similar) to add the cover as first page. But I am a bit worried to mess with the files directly. Plus it is not very but still cumbersome to do this in Adobe.

Opinions? Ideas?

gingerbeardman · 11-13-2017, 03:08 PM

I had the same question and I found the solution in this thread:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=134183

Here's a step-by-step guide

Select PDFs in list
Press E (with multiple selected this is the same as "Edit metadata in bulk")
Set "Change cover" to "Set from e-book files"
Press OK
Wait (it will take a while)

08-09-2017, 10:45 PM	#1
maddhin Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2017 Device: iPad	Elegant way to get cover in pdf? Hi, I have a couple of pdfs which start at the first page etc = do not include the cover = looks "ugly" when used on a reader. The solution I saw in the forums for this is to covert from pdf to pdf and therefore include the cover etc. BUT, this solution has the disadvantage that it changes the pdf according to the preferences. Some pdfs are actually "destroyed" this way or loose things like page numbers etc pp. Is there a elegant solution to just add the cover to the existing pdf? Like a plug-in? That would be super! The only solution I found now is to use Adobe (or similar) to add the cover as first page. But I am a bit worried to mess with the files directly. Plus it is not very but still cumbersome to do this in Adobe. Opinions? Ideas?

11-13-2017, 03:08 PM	#2
gingerbeardman Zealot Posts: 129 Karma: 1001024 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Cornwall, UK Device: Various Sony Readers, Kobo Touch Edition, iPhone	I had the same question and I found the solution in this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=134183 Here's a step-by-step guide Select PDFs in list Press E (with multiple selected this is the same as "Edit metadata in bulk") Set "Change cover" to "Set from e-book files" Press OK Wait (it will take a while)

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