MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Covers on Kindle iPad app suddenly disappear

giratus · 08-14-2016, 12:13 PM

I have the same problem as you, this may be a bug in Kindle iOS9 version. However, I think I have found the solutions based on the tip of @Qubezo:

- Add the books to Calibre
- Go to the Calibre Library folder in Windows Explorer to edit the cover (The same for Mac). After that save the new books to disc and copy them to Kindle via iTunes.

The point is When you edit the cover, make sure that the width:height ratio must have "no more than 2 numbers after the decimal point".

For example, in my Harry Potter series, the first book cover size is 1088x1600 (the ratio is 0.68), loaded fine; but the other 6 books have the cover size of 1088x1602 (0.67915...), failed to load. I edit all of them to 1088x1600, then every covers load fine.
I did the same thing for other books, I edit the cover with the ratio of 0.63, 0.65, 0.72... All the books have covers again!

I hope this solution will help. And I hope Amazon or Apple will fix this in iOS10

08-14-2016, 12:13 PM	#19
giratus Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2016 Device: iPad mini 4	I have the same problem as you, this may be a bug in Kindle iOS9 version. However, I think I have found the solutions based on the tip of @Qubezo: - Add the books to Calibre - Go to the Calibre Library folder in Windows Explorer to edit the cover (The same for Mac). After that save the new books to disc and copy them to Kindle via iTunes. The point is When you edit the cover, make sure that the width:height ratio must have "no more than 2 numbers after the decimal point". For example, in my Harry Potter series, the first book cover size is 1088x1600 (the ratio is 0.68), loaded fine; but the other 6 books have the cover size of 1088x1602 (0.67915...), failed to load. I edit all of them to 1088x1600, then every covers load fine. I did the same thing for other books, I edit the cover with the ratio of 0.63, 0.65, 0.72... All the books have covers again! I hope this solution will help. And I hope Amazon or Apple will fix this in iOS10 Last edited by giratus; 08-14-2016 at 12:16 PM.