Mobi2Mobi Configuring Thumb and Cover Art

khadian · 07-09-2013, 10:07 AM

I'm a first time poster and trying to learn more about the MOBI format, in particular how to set the cover and thumb art on a mobi file. I was searching the web for information on configuring the cover art and thumb art in a MOBI file and stumbled across a posting by huskies4all ("Mobi2Mobi GUI Cover Art Help?") in this forum that talked about those two things, but it kind of left out some information that I'm hoping someone who reads this might be able to fill in for me. How do you find out where the images are located in the file? I was looking at huskies4all's file, and I couldn't figure out where tompe was getting the numbers. If someone could look at the file that huskies4all posted in that thread and help me understand how these numbers are found, I would greatly appreciate it

Notjohn · 07-10-2013, 08:55 AM

Well, in the normal course of events, an author-publisher uploads the cover image at Step 4 in the publishing process. That will show as a thumbnail on the Bookshelf page for that book. When he then uploads the book file, the conversion process degrades (slims down) the product image and incorporates it as a cover image within the book file.

If you are creating a *.mobi file for your personal use and not for publication, then I suppose that Calibre (or other software if there is another software) provides an opportunity for you to include the cover.

07-09-2013, 10:07 AM	#1
khadian Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: Kindle for Android	Configuring Thumb and Cover Art I'm a first time poster and trying to learn more about the MOBI format, in particular how to set the cover and thumb art on a mobi file. I was searching the web for information on configuring the cover art and thumb art in a MOBI file and stumbled across a posting by huskies4all ("Mobi2Mobi GUI Cover Art Help?") in this forum that talked about those two things, but it kind of left out some information that I'm hoping someone who reads this might be able to fill in for me. How do you find out where the images are located in the file? I was looking at huskies4all's file, and I couldn't figure out where tompe was getting the numbers. If someone could look at the file that huskies4all posted in that thread and help me understand how these numbers are found, I would greatly appreciate it

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07-10-2013, 08:55 AM	#2
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,515 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	Well, in the normal course of events, an author-publisher uploads the cover image at Step 4 in the publishing process. That will show as a thumbnail on the Bookshelf page for that book. When he then uploads the book file, the conversion process degrades (slims down) the product image and incorporates it as a cover image within the book file. If you are creating a *.mobi file for your personal use and not for publication, then I suppose that Calibre (or other software if there is another software) provides an opportunity for you to include the cover.

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