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Old 09-04-2014, 05:30 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Josieb1 View Post
The easiest way is to install Calibre. Load the books into Calibre then use the edit metadata function to bring the cover in (assuming one exists in Goodreads or Amazon) then reconvert the file to a new mobi. Then when you send that to your kindle the cover should be embedded .
I would seeriously suggest using AZW3 instead of MOBI. It is far more capable, in many ways. Amongst which is the ability to update the cover instead of reconverting. i.e. send-to-device should update the cover.

MOBI does not understand covers, amongst other issues. The Kindle just uses the first image in the book.
Reconversion will prepend a new cover each time, so you have multiple images in the front. Which looks really ugly.
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