06-02-2010, 05:45 PM | #1 |
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Cover images for my ebooks
Is there an easy way of adding the cover images to an ebook collection on my PC (does any existing application do this)? I think I can see a way of writing a program to do it but wondered whether it was worth the effort. Also does each ereader store covers in the same fashion?
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06-02-2010, 05:49 PM | #2 |
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Calibre?
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06-02-2010, 05:57 PM | #3 |
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really?
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06-02-2010, 06:33 PM | #4 |
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Right click on the book in your library, it will be one of the options. If it is a common book it will even download a cover for you.
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06-02-2010, 06:46 PM | #5 |
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http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual/conversion.html
You can drag the book into Calibre, edit the metadata, including adding your own cover artwork. Even better, with a free isbndb.com account, you can get the cover downloaded automatically. |
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06-03-2010, 04:34 AM | #6 |
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Yep - that worked quite well
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06-03-2010, 03:01 PM | #9 |
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06-03-2010, 03:48 PM | #10 |
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Thanks for all the advice - Calibre is quite neat isn't it!
Some of my books are in the format "author name - series name - book title.type" and this causes issues. Is there anyway to get Calibre to understand this type of format or should I rename these files? Some books ended up with the title and author swapped over - is there a way to swap them back without editing the data manually? If I add meta info and covers to a whole folder of books I might get problems with 10% (still pretty good though). Is there an option to see which ebooks don't have covers yet? |
06-03-2010, 04:01 PM | #11 |
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mike_bike_kite,
try here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=166 The developers are very active in this forum! |
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