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Thumbnails in windows explorer

Submitted by JoeClark » Sat 11-Nov-2017, 01:09

Subject Area: Methodologies General

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I have a collection of ePub books that are stored on a Linux formatted NAS and accessed through various Windows PCs. I also have an Android tablet on which I do most of my reading.
I recently added CBXShell / ShellExtension / FileMeta to my PC and now see thumbnails rather than ePub icons for all my books which I love. The problem is that most (75%) ePubs don’t have the cover as the first page of the book, and thus the title page is displayed as the thumbnail and not the cover. This is frustrating because on the Android tablet the books correctly display the cover as the thumbnail.
So it appears that the .epub does not miss the cover metadata, but rather just needs to have the cover page added as a front page.
I have tried Calibre (edit metadata) and two of Calibre’s plugins (Modify ePub and Generate Cover) and neither does this correctly. It does add the cover in Calibre’s library, but that is NOT what I am interested in, I want it displayed in Windows explorer.
Is there a simple way that I can accomplish this? It just appear that this should not be that hard.


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RE: Thumbnails in windows explorer

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By anonymous » Thu 15-Jun-2023, 23:31, My rating: ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭

It's great to hear that you've found a solution to display thumbnails for your ePub books on your Windows PCs using CBXShell / ShellExtension / FileMeta. However, I understand your frustration with the thumbnail displaying the title page instead of the cover. It seems like you've tried different methods using Calibre and its plugins, but haven't achieved the desired result in Windows Explorer and I read great section on their site and get quality work. While I'm not familiar with a specific solution for this issue, one approach you could try is manually editing the ePub files to ensure the cover page is set as the front page. There are various ePub editing tools available that allow you to modify the metadata and content of ePub files. By rearranging the content and specifying the cover page, you might be able to achieve the desired outcome.

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