Creating cover image in edit-book mode - Page 2

eschwartz · 09-12-2014, 03:15 AM

BeeTee-Ess · 09-12-2014, 03:35 AM

Just learned something else...

If I view the book, either .mobi or .azw3, in the Kindle for PC viewer, or my Kindle PW2, the first page is my new cover. It is only the Calibre viewer which insists on showing the original cover.

Could this be a bug in the Calibre viewer?

Edit: No. I just read Kovid's message #15 above. Thanks, Kovid.

eschwartz · 09-12-2014, 03:43 AM

Try closing and reopening the book in ebook-viewer.

As Kovid said, the book will be updated with calibre metadata automatically, when opening with the editor. (I believe the changes are automatically written to disk whether you save or not.)

Opening the book subsequently would show the new version.

The viewer still has the book open using a cached unpacking of the ebook.

BeeTee-Ess · 09-12-2014, 03:57 AM

@eschwartz: Tried what you suggest, but made no difference. However, I think that is consistent with Kovid's advice above.

"When you change the cover in calibre the cover is not changed in the actual file.

So when you view the file with the viewer, there will be no changes."

I am satisfied that this behaviour is to be expected.

09-12-2014, 03:35 AM	#17
BeeTee-Ess Addict Posts: 306 Karma: 679580 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Brisbane, Australia Device: K3, K4NT, KPW2, Voyage, iP4, iP6, iPad Mini, HP TouchPad, Kobo Mini	Just learned something else... If I view the book, either .mobi or .azw3, in the Kindle for PC viewer, or my Kindle PW2, the first page is my new cover. It is only the Calibre viewer which insists on showing the original cover. Could this be a bug in the Calibre viewer? Edit: No. I just read Kovid's message #15 above. Thanks, Kovid. Last edited by BeeTee-Ess; 09-12-2014 at 03:47 AM.

09-12-2014, 03:43 AM	#18
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)	Try closing and reopening the book in ebook-viewer. As Kovid said, the book will be updated with calibre metadata automatically, when opening with the editor. (I believe the changes are automatically written to disk whether you save or not.) Opening the book subsequently would show the new version. The viewer still has the book open using a cached unpacking of the ebook. Last edited by eschwartz; 09-12-2014 at 10:26 AM.

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09-12-2014, 03:15 AM	#16
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)

09-12-2014, 03:57 AM	#19
BeeTee-Ess Addict Posts: 306 Karma: 679580 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Brisbane, Australia Device: K3, K4NT, KPW2, Voyage, iP4, iP6, iPad Mini, HP TouchPad, Kobo Mini	@eschwartz: Tried what you suggest, but made no difference. However, I think that is consistent with Kovid's advice above. "When you change the cover in calibre the cover is not changed in the actual file. So when you view the file with the viewer, there will be no changes." I am satisfied that this behaviour is to be expected.

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