Title from PDF filename and cover from metadata

moltra · 04-26-2024, 09:15 AM

I found this in an old thread from 2013. I cannot find anything on how to do this and if I change to use the filename, the cover is blank.

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I've never heard of a book collection with internal metadata where the internal metadata has incorrect title and author and correct everything else. The only case I've ever heard of for doing this is getting the metadata from the filename and the cover from inside the file, which calibre does support.

kovidgoyal · 04-26-2024, 09:21 AM

Simply get the cover after importing the file which you can do either one book at a time via the edit metadata dialog, or in bulk via the bulk metadata dialog.

moltra · 04-26-2024, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Simply get the cover after importing the file which you can do either one book at a time via the edit metadata dialog, or in bulk via the bulk metadata dialog.

I have tried this, but I do not see the cover in on the edit metadata screen.

kovidgoyal · 04-26-2024, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by moltra

I have tried this, but I do not see the cover in on the edit metadata screen.

Click the button with the blue cover icon on it in the top right aread of that dialog.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,910 Karma: 22669818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Simply get the cover after importing the file which you can do either one book at a time via the edit metadata dialog, or in bulk via the bulk metadata dialog.