[GUI Plugin] Generate Cover - Page 60

Comfy.n · 04-04-2026, 06:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by regina3264

OMG, I have absolutely no idea how or why it would do that - I downloaded it direct from the plugins page, and also tried downloading the zip file and loading it from that, and they both had the same problem, BUT!!!

Your comment caused me to try running Calibre as administrator and IT WORKED!

Thank you so much!

Now are you able to drag and drop from file explorer to add books into calibre? In the past this was an issue caused by running it as admin:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums//s....php?p=3158537

Anyway, that's a good find.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Not the first instance in recent weeks (# 35) ==>> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...onError&page=3

BR

Not the second either
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=372752

I thought this could be due to stuck calibre processes still running and causing permission issues on Windows, but the OP is running version 9.6 which has fixed this issue for me.

Kovid often posts this FAQ in such cases:
https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...n-denied-error

compurandom · 04-05-2026, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by regina3264

Your comment caused me to try running Calibre as administrator and IT WORKED!

It shouldn't be necessary to run calibre as adminsitrator. Probably what happened is that you ran it as administrator before and it created some files that you now can't edit as non-administrator.

You should quit calibre, and as administrator, give your user permission to all the files in the calibre directories, and then see if it works as your regular user.

slimcat · Yesterday, 01:25 PM

First of all: bless you for this plugin. It has improved my cover game immensely.

I have a question about a possible feature. I mainly use Cover Generator for
AO3 fics and often end up with author names that include multiple pseuds: author_pseud (secondary_authorpseud).

You can edit the author name in the plugin if you're generating covers one at a time, but you can't edit the metadata for batch generation. Is there any way to add that capability?

theducks · Yesterday, 02:22 PM

You can put a text {field} into custom text
I use it for {#subtitle}

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Yesterday, 01:25 PM	#888
slimcat Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2025 Device: Kindle PW, iPad	First of all: bless you for this plugin. It has improved my cover game immensely. I have a question about a possible feature. I mainly use Cover Generator for AO3 fics and often end up with author names that include multiple pseuds: author_pseud (secondary_authorpseud). You can edit the author name in the plugin if you're generating covers one at a time, but you can't edit the metadata for batch generation. Is there any way to add that capability?

Yesterday, 02:22 PM	#889
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,684 Karma: 64144480 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	You can put a text {field} into custom text I use it for {#subtitle}