Audible Audiobooks Album Artwork

Hi everyone,
I just joined audible.co.uk to download audiobooks as I heard that it was better than using the iTunes store. I've just downloaded my first book and everything is working fine other than that the album artwork for the book is terrible. It's a tiny low-res image that isn't the same as the one on the website and I can't seem to change it like I normally would with through the 'get info' section in iTunes. I suspect some DRM BS is behind this. Anyway, it's hardly the end of the world but it is annoying. If anyone knows a way to change the artwork for downloaded audiobooks then please let me know.
Thanks,
Neil

I've always thought that Audible was just using small images to embed cover art into Audible files. You mean that the images are larger and that iTunes is not showing them properly? Interesting.
I've tried to replace the images with larger versions from Amazon and a few other places. I finally got the cover art to show in iTunes. However, the modified Audible files would resync evertime the iPod was inserted into the dock. So, I ended up clearing out the added artwork. You can read more details in this thread:
_Adding cover art to Audible book files:_
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1690710&tstart=0
I wish Audbile would allow us to replace the embedded image. I have emailed Audible this question and complained about the small images. Their response was that they use the cover art given to them by the publishers. They didn't comment on about modifying the images.
Gerald, do you have more insight into this?
BTW, we are hunkering down for Hurricane Ike which might hit Houston, TX very late Friday night or very early Saturday morning.
Thanks and enjoy life!
Steven

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Hi,
I had an email discussion with Audible Germany regarding this problem. According to Audible Germany, the covers are included in 600x600 pixel resolution. According to them, iTunes simply fails to display them correctly. With iTunes, there is no known way to replace the cover with a better resolution (besides burning an re-importing, of course).
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