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Originally Posted by stumped
annoying but surely fixable. In all the time I used my various kindles I never had any book for which I could not fix a missing cover issue.
AFAIK - books bought directly from amazon will never have a missing cover, others - usually epubs - just need a cover added to calibre which conforms to certain rules, then use calibre to put converted epub onto kindle. I don't recall if there's a specific sequence to adhere to, like resize cover, then reconvert book... as I am unsure of the exact under the bonnet mechanics. I am fairly sure that kindle looks for a cover inside of the sideloaded mobi/azw and if it finds one that conforms to its unpublished criteria, then it displays it...
I think I maybe had to fiddle with some covers of .mobi books from humble bundle , but I got them all to work eventually via calibre
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Yep, I am glad it's fixable. I like being able to customize my own books to make them "really mine". Most of the time I don't mind because I don't often buy books that are $13.99, but sometimes a really good recommendation comes my way and I have the gift card money, so why not. (so really it's how much I pay vs how much I get that determines just "how" annoying it has the potential to be haha)
But I figure, especially when I pay that much, I should get the entire product, not have to take matters into my own hands to finish building it. Most of the time I get books when the $1.99 deals come up (on occasion they do).so the annoyance factor is minor. I enjoy the process sometimes. It's like when I was a kid, choosing my own bookplates for really special books.