Cover images for my ebooks

mike_bike_kite · 06-02-2010, 05:45 PM

Is there an easy way of adding the cover images to an ebook collection on my PC (does any existing application do this)? I think I can see a way of writing a program to do it but wondered whether it was worth the effort. Also does each ereader store covers in the same fashion?

kjk · 06-02-2010, 05:49 PM

Calibre?

mike_bike_kite · 06-02-2010, 05:57 PM

really?
how?

mr ploppy · 06-02-2010, 06:33 PM

Right click on the book in your library, it will be one of the options. If it is a common book it will even download a cover for you.

kjk · 06-02-2010, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite

really?
how?

http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual/conversion.html

You can drag the book into Calibre, edit the metadata, including adding your own cover artwork. Even better, with a free isbndb.com account, you can get the cover downloaded automatically.

mike_bike_kite · 06-03-2010, 04:34 AM

Yep - that worked quite well

John F · 06-03-2010, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr ploppy

Right click on the book in your library, it will be one of the options. If it is a common book it will even download a cover for you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kjk

http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual/conversion.html

You can drag the book into Calibre, edit the metadata, including adding your own cover artwork. Even better, with a free isbndb.com account, you can get the cover downloaded automatically.

You still need to "convert" the book to actually have the cover put into the ebook, right?

brainycat · 06-03-2010, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John F

You still need to "convert" the book to actually have the cover put into the ebook, right?

Correct, even if you're not changing format. The routine that attaches the image file to the text is only called during the conversion process.

kjk · 06-03-2010, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John F

You still need to "convert" the book to actually have the cover put into the ebook, right?

I think "Save to Disk" may also work?

mike_bike_kite · 06-03-2010, 03:48 PM

Thanks for all the advice - Calibre is quite neat isn't it!

Some of my books are in the format "author name - series name - book title.type" and this causes issues. Is there anyway to get Calibre to understand this type of format or should I rename these files? Some books ended up with the title and author swapped over - is there a way to swap them back without editing the data manually?

If I add meta info and covers to a whole folder of books I might get problems with 10% (still pretty good though). Is there an option to see which ebooks don't have covers yet?

kjk · 06-03-2010, 04:01 PM

mike_bike_kite,
try here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=166 The developers are very active in this forum!

06-02-2010, 05:45 PM	#1
mike_bike_kite Digitally confused Posts: 500 Karma: 1500000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: London, UK Device: KPW, K2i, Nexus 7 32gb, Kobo Mini	Cover images for my ebooks Is there an easy way of adding the cover images to an ebook collection on my PC (does any existing application do this)? I think I can see a way of writing a program to do it but wondered whether it was worth the effort. Also does each ereader store covers in the same fashion?

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mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	Right click on the book in your library, it will be one of the options. If it is a common book it will even download a cover for you.

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mike_bike_kite Digitally confused Posts: 500 Karma: 1500000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: London, UK Device: KPW, K2i, Nexus 7 32gb, Kobo Mini	Yep - that worked quite well

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mike_bike_kite Digitally confused Posts: 500 Karma: 1500000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: London, UK Device: KPW, K2i, Nexus 7 32gb, Kobo Mini	Thanks for all the advice - Calibre is quite neat isn't it! Some of my books are in the format "author name - series name - book title.type" and this causes issues. Is there anyway to get Calibre to understand this type of format or should I rename these files? Some books ended up with the title and author swapped over - is there a way to swap them back without editing the data manually? If I add meta info and covers to a whole folder of books I might get problems with 10% (still pretty good though). Is there an option to see which ebooks don't have covers yet?

06-03-2010, 04:01 PM	#11
kjk . Posts: 3,408 Karma: 5647231 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: never enough	mike_bike_kite, try here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=166 The developers are very active in this forum!