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victorhooi · 04-03-2015, 10:34 PM

Hi,

I have a Kindle Voyage. I'm using Calibre to convert my books into MOBI, with filetype "Both". I then use the OSX Send-to-Kindle app, to send it to the Kindle Voyage.

However, I've noticed that the cover images seem to be gone.

I know there's this:

https://github.com/quiris11/ExtractCoverThumbs

which apparently you can use to restore the images. However, I assume I'll need to re-run this each time I download a new book onto the Kindle Voyage?

However, I'm curious if anybody knows what exactly is going on, and why the cover images are stripped? And is there a workaround or way to avoid this happening?

Also, is there a way to get the downloaded books to appear in Books, rather than Docs?

(I tried setting the Personal Tag in Calibre to "[EBOK]", but it still shows up in Docs).

Thanks,
Victor

04-03-2015, 10:34 PM	#64
victorhooi Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Nook Classic	Hi, I have a Kindle Voyage. I'm using Calibre to convert my books into MOBI, with filetype "Both". I then use the OSX Send-to-Kindle app, to send it to the Kindle Voyage. However, I've noticed that the cover images seem to be gone. I know there's this: https://github.com/quiris11/ExtractCoverThumbs which apparently you can use to restore the images. However, I assume I'll need to re-run this each time I download a new book onto the Kindle Voyage? However, I'm curious if anybody knows what exactly is going on, and why the cover images are stripped? And is there a workaround or way to avoid this happening? Also, is there a way to get the downloaded books to appear in Books, rather than Docs? (I tried setting the Personal Tag in Calibre to "[EBOK]", but it still shows up in Docs). Thanks, Victor