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Old 06-13-2015, 01:28 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by maurices5000 View Post
It meantioned KF8 which is what Calibre does to get the covers i guess.
KF8, which stands for Kindle Format 8, is the latest Kindle format that Amazon uses for all AZW3 files. KF8/AZW3 files may contain embedded fonts; books in the older KF7/MOBI format don't. Both formats support cover images.

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OK a first, I converted my books from ePUB to AZW3. This did not produce covers.
Calibre will generate a cover image from an ePub file, if it contains a cover page or a cover image. However, Calibre, won't actually add the cover image (or implement other metadata changes) until you transfer the book to your Kindle or select the Save to disk option.

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I don't know why didn't create the right format first time. Now the problem is the fonts on some of the books is too big and sometimes it gives me MOBI files which aren't nearly as good as the AZW3 files.
If you're getting MOBI files instead of AZW3 files, select Preferences > Behavior and change the preferred output format to AZW3. If you don't like embedded fonts, install the Modify ePub plugin and select Remove embedded fonts.
Also download the Quality Check plugin and select the Fix ASIN for Kindle Fire option. (For more details, see this post.)
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