iPad owners who try to sync their existing collection of ePUB books to their iBooks application may sometimes notice that the thumbnail for these ebooks do not show the cover art on the iBooks shelves. The issue here lies with the improper recognition of the ebooks metadata. Follow these steps below to set up thumb nail cover art for your ebooks
Step 1 : Search the internet for the cover art for the book. In most cases, you may download the same from websites such as Amazon. Save this image on your computer hard drive. If you already have one, skip to the next step
Step 2 : Launch iTunes and navigate to the ebook in question
Step 3 : Right click over the ebook and select “get info”
Step 4 : A window will pop up. Click on the “Artwork” tab
Step 5 : Click on the “Add” Button and select the image from your computer hard drive
Step 6 : Plug your iPad to your computer and sync the ebooks
Step 7 : This should be it. However, if you still do not see the appropriate cover arts, simply open the books from your iBooks application and close them