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Adding cover art to PDFs in iTunes

Has anyone done this successfully? I'm trying to add cover art to a PDF file I've imported into iTunes (for the iBooks app), and although iTunes allows me to manually select a JPEG file to use as cover art for a specific PDF, the file always reverts to no cover art (or the first page of the PDF file) when I click OK.

Anyone else having this problem?

iPhone 4 / iTunes 9.2, iOS 4

Posted on Jul 2, 2010 7:45 PM

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kkeith

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Posted on Jul 6, 2010 12:57 PM

I am also having the same problem. I have a cover art I want to use, but it never stays (using the same method). I don't want to have to download an expensive PDF editor just for this.

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annacast

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Sep 9, 2014 7:17 AM in response to carolinacharlie

HHi there's a free software called calibre where you can add cover page to PDFs also if you need to edit then convert to ePub edit save and then convert to PDF again trust me it's wonderful hope this helps you and others

annacast

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Sep 9, 2014 7:19 AM in response to Jorryme

Try calibre it's awesome and files stay on you're computer

annacast

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Sep 9, 2014 7:26 AM in response to carolinacharlie

I Use calibre and love it it's easy to use and also the files stay in your computer and it's for windows and mac not sure on Linux

Jul 27, 2015 12:59 AM in response to orangejuice128

" orangejuice128

You don't need Acrobat to do this, you can just use Preview (assuming you're on a mac). Just open your PDF in preview and drag a picture into the sidebar to make it the first page. Save and you're done. "

OMG, This is the fastest & easiest solution ever !!!

Thank you so much.

Adding cover art to PDFs in iTunes