Hacks Book Cover Screensaver

kleinste · 05-20-2012, 07:25 AM

Okay, I'm probably just missing something here, but -

Is there a hack that I can perform that will cause the Kindle to display the cover of whatever book I'm reading when it goes into screensaver mode?

Stingo · 05-20-2012, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by kleinste

Okay, I'm probably just missing something here, but -

Is there a hack that I can perform that will cause the Kindle to display the cover of whatever book I'm reading when it goes into screensaver mode?

That would be brilliant. Amazon should offer that option.

Mike L · 05-20-2012, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Stingo

That would be brilliant. Amazon should offer that option.

I second the motion.

Mike

kleinste · 05-20-2012, 07:22 PM

Aww, I guess that's a no. :P
It's one of the major reasons I want to collect a whole little family of readers! Some of the book covers are just so gorgeous.

dukesilver · 05-20-2012, 10:23 PM

Supposedly one of Sony readers does this. Would love to have that option on the kindle. It seems like such an obvious feature too.

Jessica Lares · 05-21-2012, 02:17 AM

I think Amazon should consider a feature like this for the next refresh. Would be pretty cool. Would be even cooler on color e-ink.

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Mike L · 05-21-2012, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Jessica Lares

I think Amazon should consider a feature like this for the next refresh.

Unfortunately, that's not likely to happen. We've been asking for this since the Kindle 1. Amazon are either not interested or have a good reason not to deliver (although it's hard to see what that reason might be).

Mike

silasgreenback · 05-21-2012, 10:33 PM

If Amazon were to offer the feature, the next mountain to climb would be getting the publishers on board about bothering to include covers. I'm looking at you, Random House.

Snorkledorf · 05-24-2012, 12:37 AM

The Sony PRS-T1 does that, and it's quite nice.

There is a plugin for Calibre that takes your selected books and makes Kindle screensaver images for them. While it's not the current book's cover, I keep mine updated to the 10 or 20 "books I'm reading now." Needs the screensaver hack to make it do anything on the Kindle side, of course.

adfleisher · 05-25-2012, 10:54 AM

This was one of the few things I liked about the KOBO reader, it's lock screen was the cover of the current book. Would love to see Amazon allow this (of course it wouldn't work on the KSO versions).

Bookatarian · 05-25-2012, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Snorkledorf

There is a plugin for Calibre that takes your selected books and makes Kindle screensaver images for them. While it's not the current book's cover, I keep mine updated to the 10 or 20 "books I'm reading now." Needs the screensaver hack to make it do anything on the Kindle side, of course.

Thanks! I didn't know about that plugin. Can't wait to give it a try.

EDIT: Ahh...not for Kindle Touch. I'll just create my own group of covers, convert and use them from time to time.

05-20-2012, 07:25 AM	#1
kleinste Nameless Being	Book Cover Screensaver Okay, I'm probably just missing something here, but - Is there a hack that I can perform that will cause the Kindle to display the cover of whatever book I'm reading when it goes into screensaver mode?

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05-20-2012, 07:22 PM	#4
kleinste Nameless Being	Aww, I guess that's a no. :P It's one of the major reasons I want to collect a whole little family of readers! Some of the book covers are just so gorgeous.

05-20-2012, 10:23 PM	#5
dukesilver Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 509184 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle Touch	Supposedly one of Sony readers does this. Would love to have that option on the kindle. It seems like such an obvious feature too.

05-21-2012, 02:17 AM	#6
Jessica Lares Wizard Posts: 2,240 Karma: 5759170 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Near Dallas, Texas, USA Device: iPad Mini, iPod Touch (5th gen)	I think Amazon should consider a feature like this for the next refresh. Would be pretty cool. Would be even cooler on color e-ink. .

05-21-2012, 10:33 PM	#8
silasgreenback New Leaf Turner Posts: 260 Karma: 1026664 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Hadestown Device: Kobo Glo	If Amazon were to offer the feature, the next mountain to climb would be getting the publishers on board about bothering to include covers. I'm looking at you, Random House.

05-24-2012, 12:37 AM	#9
Snorkledorf Blue. Not sad...just blue Posts: 218 Karma: 1267018 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Japan Device: Ridibooks Paper Pro	The Sony PRS-T1 does that, and it's quite nice. There is a plugin for Calibre that takes your selected books and makes Kindle screensaver images for them. While it's not the current book's cover, I keep mine updated to the 10 or 20 "books I'm reading now." Needs the screensaver hack to make it do anything on the Kindle side, of course.

05-25-2012, 10:54 AM	#10
adfleisher Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 140 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Oregon, USA Device: PocketBook 360, Nook	This was one of the few things I liked about the KOBO reader, it's lock screen was the cover of the current book. Would love to see Amazon allow this (of course it wouldn't work on the KSO versions).

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