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Originally Posted by terencek
Any idea then why there might be this permissions issue stopping writing to the Calibre configurations file, and how to fix this (I'm using Windows 7)?
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Not sure how this would have happened unless you have run an upgrade to Windows 7 from an earlier Windows release (which frequently messes up permissions). You can find out which is your Calibre Configuration folder by going to Preferences->Miscellaneous->Open Calibre Config Directory. You should then right click the folder to call up properties and check the permissions under the Security tab. You need to check that your user has Full Access to that folder and all its contents
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What I'm referring to with Calibre insisting on producing a separate cover.jpg file even when the cover is embedded in the (.mobi) output conversion, is that then loading the resulting book in its folder onto the Kindle means the device is cluttered with an unnecessary cover.jpg file for every single book, which is a waste of space.
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How are you getting the book onto the Kindle? You shoulkd NOT be copying it using Windows Explorer. Instead you should be using the Calibre "Send to Device" facility.
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What I am trying to do is when converting from another format (.epub, .pdf etc.) to .mobi, is avoid having Calibre creating a separate cover.jpg file which I then have to manually delete before sideloading the new book onto the device.
In a similar vein, I also can't seem to stop Calibre creating an equally unnecessary metadata.opf file for every book which is converted, which also has to be deleted before sideloading to the device
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Those files will ALWAYS be present in Calibre's internal library folders. Whether they get copied onto the Kindle should be a function of the Kindle Device driver in Calibre.