How to Get Book Covers for Downloaded e-Books to Put on a Kindle

Downloading the Cover

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  Navigate to Google.com and search for the title of your book.

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  Select "Images" at the top of the search results page.

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  Select an image for your book cover.

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  Click "View original image."

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  Right click on the image, select "Save Image as..." and save it to a location on your computer.

Changing the Cover

• 6

  Connect your Kindle to your computer's USB port.

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  Open Calibre and click the Device icon in the Calibre toolbar.

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  Find the desired e-book on your Kindle. If it does not have a green check mark under the "In Library" column, you must add it to your Calibre library. Right click on the title and select "Add books to library."

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  Click the Library icon in the Calibre toolbar.

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  Right click on the e-book, select "Edit metadata" and then "Edit metadata individually."

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  Click "Browse" in the "Change cover" section of the Edit Metadata menu.

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  Select the image you downloaded.

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  Click Open, and click OK.

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  Right click on the e-book, select "Send to device" and then "Send to main memory."