Make fanfic covers that update themselves

A guide for FanFicFare + Calibre users

You're already using FanFicFare to download fic and Calibre to manage it. This guide helps you make your library look good and show useful information at a glance, with covers that update automatically.

This is not a guide to setting up FanFicFare from scratch. If you need a more general, but advanced guide without emphasis on covers, I strongly recommend Stormy Crossroads' Calibre + Fanficfare tutorial. For thorough documentation there's the FFF wiki.

This is a sample from my own library. My covers use custom artwork for different fandoms—and sometimes different ships—and show the main ship, genre, length, and completion status. You can choose which of those details matter to you. The ready-made artwork in this guide uses a generic book symbol so it works for everyone, but you can edit it to add your own colours, layouts, and fandom icons.

Start here

Follow these four pages for a complete working setup. After that, choose only the optional recipes that match what you want on your covers.

Before you start