Showing epub, mobi, djvu, azw3 miniature previews in windows explorer

dalchina said:

Possible fudge for epub:
How to view EPUB covers in the preview panel - voidtools forum

The CBX Shell Manager and Reg entry works, but, no Preview Pane image...
(QTTabBar shows a preview if set)...

Barman58 said:

You would be better off asking the question to the developer of Sumatra PDF who was apparently in the process of development of what you wanted four years ago ...

eBook Thumbnail-Preview Handler Installer for Windows - SumatraPDF - Sumatra Reader Discussion Forum

thank you for the link.

dalchina said:

See discussion here e.g.
Viewing .epub covers in Windows Explorer? - MobileRead Forums
Epub cover won't display as preview thumbnail in file explorer - MobileRead Forums
https://forum.sumatrapdfreader.org/t/ebook-thumbnail-preview-handler-installer-for-windows/505/3

Ever heard of Paint? (I assume you mean jpgs) - i.e. those are file types for which Windows does provide some way of handling.

You are not hearing the answer- or perhaps you simply don't want to listen and you want the answer you expect and only that.

If unhappy, please feel free to use the Feedback Hub app to complain to MS.

yes,sorry, jpegs
Not unhappy xD, but confussed that some programs dont include their own handlers and others do, and not sure whose fault it is when preview thumbnails are not shown in windows. :P

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dalchina said:

Possible fudge for epub: (I've not tried it as I have no epubs)
How to view EPUB covers in the preview panel - voidtools forum

mmhmm nice thank you

Really was disappointed that here we are in 2020 and nobody had a real solution for this. So. I got together with a coder and with a few modifications of available technology, have released a new program that fully supports EPUB, CBZ and CBR files. Enjoy!

GitHub - dark-knight404/DarkThumbs: Thumbnail preview for EPUB, CBZ, CBR, RAR and ZIP image archives

How do you install it?

wozen said:

How do you install it?

Releases are on the right side.

Logarithmic said:

Releases are on the right side.

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you so much, this is truly awesome!!!

@Unknow0059

Hi there
I'd install Calibre - acts also as a e-book reader, can convert between the various formats and can copy into kindles etfc.

I like calibre since it means you can get say an epub e-book , convert to mobi / AZI3 and then load it into a kindle so one isn't restricted to amazon for .mobi type of e-books. (BTW Free)

calibre - E-book management

enjoy

Cheers
jimbo

Hi there

@Unknow0059

I'm on Linux at the moment but identical interface on Windows
You can convert books (arrow on the toolbar), get book details inc publication date etc, read e-book, copy from / to device, add books easily, save books to any file on computer (you don't have to store in calibre library) and many other things - it's an excellent program.



Cheers
jimbo