diff --git a/.hgtags b/.hgtags
index 2cf45afe0..914d3b40b 100644
--- a/.hgtags
+++ b/.hgtags
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ c84744f4519be7416dc1653142f1763f406d6896 1.0rc1
 f3cd4c138c6f40dc324a23bf01c4c7d97766477e 1.0rc2
 6f29c0f4dc7025e8d8216ea960000c353886c4f4 v1.1.0-beta.1
 f28ea9e2ef8d39913d79dbba73db280ff0740c50 v1.1.0-beta.2
+8f070ce28a7b33d8509b29a8dbe937109bbdbd21 v1.1.0-beta.3
diff --git a/beets/__init__.py b/beets/__init__.py
index dcd1a8f34..957bac223 100644
--- a/beets/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
 # included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 
-__version__ = '1.1.0-beta.3'
+__version__ = '1.1.0'
 __author__ = 'Adrian Sampson <adrian@radbox.org>'
 
 import beets.library
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands.py b/beets/ui/commands.py
index 3f76a8328..f13232808 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -798,7 +798,12 @@ def update_items(lib, query, album, move, pretend):
 
             # Read new data.
             old_data = dict(item.record)
-            item.read()
+            try:
+                item.read()
+            except Exception as exc:
+                log.error(u'error reading {0}: {1}'.format(
+                    displayable_path(item.path), exc))
+                continue
 
             # Special-case album artist when it matches track artist. (Hacky
             # but necessary for preserving album-level metadata for non-
diff --git a/beetsplug/embedart.py b/beetsplug/embedart.py
index 5fca4c367..2b342c989 100644
--- a/beetsplug/embedart.py
+++ b/beetsplug/embedart.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
 from beets import mediafile
 from beets import ui
 from beets.ui import decargs
-from beets.util import syspath, normpath
+from beets.util import syspath, normpath, displayable_path
 from beets.util.artresizer import ArtResizer
 from beets import config
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def _embed(path, items, maxwidth=0):
             f = mediafile.MediaFile(syspath(item.path))
         except mediafile.UnreadableFileError as exc:
             log.warn('Could not embed art in {0}: {1}'.format(
-                repr(item.path), exc
+                displayable_path(item.path), exc
             ))
             continue
         f.art = data
@@ -70,12 +70,15 @@ class EmbedCoverArtPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
     def commands(self):
         # Embed command.
         embed_cmd = ui.Subcommand('embedart',
-                                  help='embed an image file into file metadata')
+            help='embed image files into file metadata')
+        embed_cmd.parser.add_option('-f', '--file', metavar='PATH',
+            help='the image file to embed')
         def embed_func(lib, opts, args):
-            if not args:
-                raise ui.UserError('specify an image file')
-            imagepath = normpath(args.pop(0))
-            embed(lib, imagepath, decargs(args))
+            if opts.file:
+                imagepath = normpath(opts.file)
+                embed(lib, imagepath, decargs(args))
+            else:
+                embed_current(lib, decargs(args))
         embed_cmd.func = embed_func
 
         # Extract command.
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ class EmbedCoverArtPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
 
         return [embed_cmd, extract_cmd, clear_cmd]
 
-# "embedart" command.
+# "embedart" command with --file argument.
 def embed(lib, imagepath, query):
     albums = lib.albums(query)
     for i_album in albums:
@@ -112,6 +115,20 @@ def embed(lib, imagepath, query):
     _embed(imagepath, album.items(),
            config['embedart']['maxwidth'].get(int))
 
+# "embedart" command without explicit file.
+def embed_current(lib, query):
+    albums = lib.albums(query)
+    for album in albums:
+        if not album.artpath:
+            log.info(u'No album art present: {0} - {1}'.
+                     format(album.albumartist, album.album))
+            continue
+
+        log.info(u'Embedding album art into {0} - {1}'.
+                 format(album.albumartist, album.album))
+        _embed(album.artpath, album.items(),
+               config['embedart']['maxwidth'].get(int))
+
 # "extractart" command.
 def extract(lib, outpath, query):
     items = lib.items(query)
@@ -123,7 +140,14 @@ def extract(lib, outpath, query):
         return
 
     # Extract the art.
-    mf = mediafile.MediaFile(syspath(item.path))
+    try:
+        mf = mediafile.MediaFile(syspath(item.path))
+    except mediafile.UnreadableFileError as exc:
+        log.error(u'Could not extract art from {0}: {1}'.format(
+            displayable_path(item.path), exc
+        ))
+        return
+
     art = mf.art
     if not art:
         log.error('No album art present in %s - %s.' %
@@ -148,7 +172,13 @@ def clear(lib, query):
     log.info('Clearing album art from items:')
     for item in lib.items(query):
         log.info(u'%s - %s' % (item.artist, item.title))
-        mf = mediafile.MediaFile(syspath(item.path))
+        try:
+            mf = mediafile.MediaFile(syspath(item.path))
+        except mediafile.UnreadableFileError as exc:
+            log.error(u'Could not clear art from {0}: {1}'.format(
+                displayable_path(item.path), exc
+            ))
+            continue
         mf.art = None
         mf.save()
 
diff --git a/beetsplug/mbsync.py b/beetsplug/mbsync.py
index 97ecee3ae..fa6a3abd5 100644
--- a/beetsplug/mbsync.py
+++ b/beetsplug/mbsync.py
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ def _print_and_apply_changes(lib, item, move, pretend, write):
             lib.move(item, with_album=False)
 
         if write:
-            item.write()
+            try:
+                item.write()
+            except Exception as exc:
+                log.error(u'could not sync {0}: {1}'.format(
+                    util.displayable_path(item.path), exc))
+                return False
         lib.store(item)
 
     return True
@@ -111,8 +116,8 @@ def mbsync_albums(lib, query, move, pretend, write):
             autotag.apply_metadata(album_info, mapping)
             changed = False
             for item in items:
-                changed = changed or \
-                    _print_and_apply_changes(lib, item, move, pretend, write)
+                changed = _print_and_apply_changes(lib, item, move, pretend,
+                    write) or changed
             if not changed:
                 # No change to any item.
                 continue
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index b00876395..21449ae1b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-1.1b3 (in development)
+1.1.0 (in development)
 ----------------------
 
+* :doc:`/plugins/embedart`: The ``embedart`` command now embeds each album's
+  associated art by default. The ``--file`` option invokes the old behavior,
+  in which a specific image file is used.
+* Avoid some error cases in the ``update`` command and the ``embedart`` and
+  ``mbsync`` plugins. Invalid or missing files now cause error logs instead of
+  crashing beets. Thanks to Lucas Duailibe.
+
+1.1b3 (March 16, 2013)
+----------------------
+
+This third beta of beets 1.1 brings a hodgepodge of little new features (and
+internal overhauls that will make improvements easier in the future). There
+are new options for getting metadata in a particular language and seeing more
+detail during the import process. There's also a new plugin for synchronizing
+your metadata with MusicBrainz. Under the hood, plugins can now extend the
+query syntax.
+
 New configuration options:
 
 * :ref:`languages` controls the preferred languages when selecting an alias
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index ccd96e730..51e9f2056 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ project = u'beets'
 copyright = u'2012, Adrian Sampson'
 
 version = '1.1'
-release = '1.1b3'
+release = '1.1.0'
 
 pygments_style = 'sphinx'
 
diff --git a/docs/plugins/embedart.rst b/docs/plugins/embedart.rst
index 9ce3f7257..1200071cf 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/embedart.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins/embedart.rst
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ Manually Embedding and Extracting Art
 The ``embedart`` plugin provides a couple of commands for manually managing
 embedded album art:
 
-* ``beet embedart IMAGE QUERY``: given an image file and a query matching an
-  album, embed the image into the metadata of every track on the album.
+* ``beet embedart [-f IMAGE] QUERY``: embed images into the every track on the
+  albums matching the query. If the ``-f`` (``--file``) option is given, then
+  use a specific image file from the filesystem; otherwise, each album embeds
+  its own currently associated album art.
 
 * ``beet extractart [-o FILE] QUERY``: extracts the image from an item matching
   the query and stores it in a file. You can specify the destination file using
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ embedded album art:
 Configuring
 -----------
 
-The ``auto`` option  lets you disable automatic album art embedding. 
+The ``auto`` option  lets you disable automatic album art embedding.
 To do so, add this to your ``config.yaml``::
 
     embedart:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 295759b94..09d95968a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if 'sdist' in sys.argv:
     shutil.copytree(os.path.join(docdir, '_build', 'man'), mandir)
 
 setup(name='beets',
-      version='1.1.0-beta.3',
+      version='1.1.0',
       description='music tagger and library organizer',
       author='Adrian Sampson',
       author_email='adrian@radbox.org',