# Calibre ebook manager lets you generate AI book covers in genre styles

> Source: <https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/calibre-ebook-ai-covers>
> Published: 2026-08-28 22:59:40+00:00

A new version of open-source ebook manager Calibre is out – and it lets you create custom book covers using generative AI. Calibre 9.14, released August 28, lets you edit metadata for any book in your library and click an “AI Generate button” lets to make ebook covers in “styles such as romance, sci-fi, pulp fiction etc”. You need to set an AI provider (with an API key) that supports image generation for the feature to work. A strange feature? Perhaps. Most ebooks I own already have covers. While it might be amusing (for a hot minute) to see a […]

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