No Book Covers?

NVash · 01-10-2011, 10:58 PM

I just looked into a few previews on my Kindle and was thinking of buying a few books. However I immediately noticed that they lack covers. Is there anyway to add a cover to them once purchased or am I just completely out of luck?

grooks · 01-10-2011, 11:25 PM

I believe you can add covers but the DRM from any ebook must be removed first.

darthreader13 · 01-10-2011, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by grooks

I believe you can add covers but the DRM from any ebook must be removed first.

Newbie Question: What is the DRM?

CWatkinsNash · 01-11-2011, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by NVash

I just looked into a few previews on my Kindle and was thinking of buying a few books. However I immediately noticed that they lack covers. Is there anyway to add a cover to them once purchased or am I just completely out of luck?

I've noticed that the preview samples often do not have covers even when the full versions do. I guess they do this to make the file smaller. All of my ebooks purchased from Amazon have had covers so far, and all but the worst of the Kindle freebies had covers too.

CWatkinsNash · 01-11-2011, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by darthreader13

Newbie Question: What is the DRM?

Digital Rights Management. It's what they do to ebooks to keep you from copying them or using locked features on some books such as Text-To-Speech. Not all ebooks have DRM, but most of those purchased from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other large retailers do.

earthpigborn · 01-11-2011, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by darthreader13

Newbie Question: What is the DRM?

One would think someone who calls himself Darth would be familiar with the dark side

NVash · 01-11-2011, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

I've noticed that the preview samples often do not have covers even when the full versions do. I guess they do this to make the file smaller. All of my ebooks purchased from Amazon have had covers so far, and all but the worst of the Kindle freebies had covers too.

Thats good to know, thanks.

HarryT · 01-11-2011, 02:53 AM

Very often an eBook will not have the same cover as the paper edition of the same book, because cover rights are negotiated separately, and the publisher hasn't bought the rights to electronic distribution of the cover art. Pretty much all eBooks will have some sort of cover, though.

grizedale · 01-11-2011, 03:54 AM

Kindle books are setup to open at the first page and not show the cover, to confirm, go back as far as you can or, in the Menu, Go To Cover...

HarryT · 01-11-2011, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by grizedale

Kindle books are setup to open at the first page and not show the cover,

That's not entirely true. A Kindle book will open at whatever point the person who created the book has specified that it will open at.

Bittybye · 01-11-2011, 06:30 AM

I had the same problem. Get calibre and transfer your book there open file there will be the actual book and a jpeg that says 'cover'. Download the picture you want for the book, rename it 'cover' copy paste into the opened file from your book and it's done. As far as I can tell there's no problem with DRM, at least not will the books I did it with.

Good luck.

DiapDealer · 01-11-2011, 07:17 AM

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As far as I can tell there's no problem with DRM, at least not will the books I did it with.

This is true. You can change the cover (and most of the metadata) on most Amazon books without removing DRM.

01-10-2011, 10:58 PM	#1
NVash Wandering Vagabond Posts: 282 Karma: 350000 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: iPod Touch	No Book Covers? I just looked into a few previews on my Kindle and was thinking of buying a few books. However I immediately noticed that they lack covers. Is there anyway to add a cover to them once purchased or am I just completely out of luck?

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01-10-2011, 11:25 PM	#2
grooks Wizard Posts: 1,326 Karma: 30250 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Myers, FL Device: Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma	I believe you can add covers but the DRM from any ebook must be removed first.

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Very often an eBook will not have the same cover as the paper edition of the same book, because cover rights are negotiated separately, and the publisher hasn't bought the rights to electronic distribution of the cover art. Pretty much all eBooks will have some sort of cover, though.

01-11-2011, 03:54 AM	#9
grizedale kindle Convert Posts: 188 Karma: 5628 Join Date: May 2010 Location: UK, County Durham Device: kindle Oasis	Kindle books are setup to open at the first page and not show the cover, to confirm, go back as far as you can or, in the Menu, Go To Cover...

01-11-2011, 06:30 AM	#11
Bittybye Addict Posts: 262 Karma: 505124 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS-T2	I had the same problem. Get calibre and transfer your book there open file there will be the actual book and a jpeg that says 'cover'. Download the picture you want for the book, rename it 'cover' copy paste into the opened file from your book and it's done. As far as I can tell there's no problem with DRM, at least not will the books I did it with. Good luck.

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