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Old 12-08-2014, 04:36 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Doitsu View Post
On an eInk Kindle, book covers are stored in the hidden /system/thumbnails folder on the Kindle. I. e. if you manually transfer books that have an ASIN, you'll get the generic cover unless you copy the corresponding thumbnail image. (Calibre does this automatically.)
Doitsu! This is exactly what I wanted to learn.

P.S. to HarryT, I know this is impractical and using Calibre is much easier. I just wanted to understand how the Kindle and AZW3 files work.

Last edited by pssquirrel; 12-08-2014 at 04:41 PM. Reason: added P.S.
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