Replace Book Cover in MOBI

Maggie-Me · 05-25-2014, 09:46 AM

I would like to update the book cover or metadata in a MOBI book without doing another covert, is there an easy way to do?

Thanks for any suggestions.

eschwartz · 05-25-2014, 02:33 PM

No. Cover is baked into the book. This is a MOBI-only problem. If the book is in AZW3 (new MOBI) or EPUB, cover will be updated.

Certain other types of metadata are located in easily-updatable fields. When sending a book from calibre (or saving to disk) the author and title will be automatically updated.

05-25-2014, 09:46 AM	#1
Maggie-Me Zealot Posts: 146 Karma: 2594 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Kindle PW,Sony 700, Sony 950 (Daily Edition),Nook Color,iPad	Replace Book Cover in MOBI I would like to update the book cover or metadata in a MOBI book without doing another covert, is there an easy way to do? Thanks for any suggestions.

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05-25-2014, 02:33 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	No. Cover is baked into the book. This is a MOBI-only problem. If the book is in AZW3 (new MOBI) or EPUB, cover will be updated. Certain other types of metadata are located in easily-updatable fields. When sending a book from calibre (or saving to disk) the author and title will be automatically updated.