Changing a book's cover.

nypaulie · 05-29-2015, 08:34 AM

I wanted to change a book's cover so according to the instructions I highlighted the book and clicked "Edit metadata" I then "Browse(d)" to the new cover which I had saved as a .jpg file @600x800 size. It seemed to work using Calibre as my reader, but when I sideloaded it to my Kindle (Paperwhite) the "old" original cover still shows. I had completely removed the original files from the Paperwhite first. Any ideas?

Katsunami · 05-29-2015, 09:38 AM

Try to use the "Polish Book"-function, and enable the "Update Cover" option. Then try sideloading again.

Calibre does everything inside its database only, without touching the books. Metadata, and thus, cover updates, are only written to the book if you either use Polish Books (updates books in the database), or use Save to Disk (writes books into a folder on the hard disk, and then updates those copies).

nypaulie · 05-29-2015, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katsunami

Try to use the "Polish Book"-function, and enable the "Update Cover" option. Then try sideloading again.

Calibre does everything inside its database only, without touching the books. Metadata, and thus, cover updates, are only written to the book if you either use Polish Books (updates books in the database), or use Save to Disk (writes books into a folder on the hard disk, and then updates those copies).

Thanks a million! I used the "Save to Disk" option and replaced my Kindle file with the exported-from-Calibre file with total success. Great help my friend.

Katsunami · 05-29-2015, 01:31 PM

Glad to help. Happy reading

05-29-2015, 08:34 AM	#1
nypaulie Gātheist Posts: 103 Karma: 205138 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: MidtownEastNYC Device: PW2, FireHD6 Gen4	Changing a book's cover. I wanted to change a book's cover so according to the instructions I highlighted the book and clicked "Edit metadata" I then "Browse(d)" to the new cover which I had saved as a .jpg file @600x800 size. It seemed to work using Calibre as my reader, but when I sideloaded it to my Kindle (Paperwhite) the "old" original cover still shows. I had completely removed the original files from the Paperwhite first. Any ideas? Last edited by nypaulie; 05-29-2015 at 08:37 AM.

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05-29-2015, 09:38 AM	#2
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	Try to use the "Polish Book"-function, and enable the "Update Cover" option. Then try sideloading again. Calibre does everything inside its database only, without touching the books. Metadata, and thus, cover updates, are only written to the book if you either use Polish Books (updates books in the database), or use Save to Disk (writes books into a folder on the hard disk, and then updates those copies).

05-29-2015, 01:31 PM	#4
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	Glad to help. Happy reading

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