How to refresh a book cover in the Calibre library from the epub?

ShellShock · 02-20-2021, 06:05 AM

When I add an epub to the Calibre library, Calibre automatically extracts the cover image in the epub and uses it for the cover meta-data image. If I now use the Calibre editor to replace the cover image with another image, when I save and quit the editor, the library still uses the old cover image. There does not seem to be a simple way to get Calibre to refresh the library cover directly from the new cover image in the epub.

Workarounds (which are not ideal IMHO):

Remove the epub and then add it again to the library - you have to be careful not to permanently delete it!
Open the new image in an external image editor, copy it, and then in Calibre you can right click the image in the library and select Paste cover.

Am I missing something? Is there an easier way to do this? Is there way to say to the Calibre library - "Refresh the cover (or all meta-data?) from the epub file?".

kovidgoyal · 02-20-2021, 06:08 AM

There is a button near the formats list in the edit metadata dialog to set the cover from the selected format.

ShellShock · 02-20-2021, 06:17 AM

Thanks Kovid, that is just what I was looking for, but could not find!

02-20-2021, 06:05 AM	#1
ShellShock Wizard Posts: 1,178 Karma: 2431850 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: IPad Mini 2 Retina	How to refresh a book cover in the Calibre library from the epub? When I add an epub to the Calibre library, Calibre automatically extracts the cover image in the epub and uses it for the cover meta-data image. If I now use the Calibre editor to replace the cover image with another image, when I save and quit the editor, the library still uses the old cover image. There does not seem to be a simple way to get Calibre to refresh the library cover directly from the new cover image in the epub. Workarounds (which are not ideal IMHO): Remove the epub and then add it again to the library - you have to be careful not to permanently delete it! Open the new image in an external image editor, copy it, and then in Calibre you can right click the image in the library and select Paste cover. Am I missing something? Is there an easier way to do this? Is there way to say to the Calibre library - "Refresh the cover (or all meta-data?) from the epub file?".

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02-20-2021, 06:08 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,363 Karma: 27230406 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There is a button near the formats list in the edit metadata dialog to set the cover from the selected format.

02-20-2021, 06:17 AM	#3
ShellShock Wizard Posts: 1,178 Karma: 2431850 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: IPad Mini 2 Retina	Thanks Kovid, that is just what I was looking for, but could not find!

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