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Originally Posted by jhowell
Calibre usually (but not always) copies a separate cover image thumbnail file when sending a book to an e-ink kindle device. The kindle will then either use this thumbnail copy, extract a cover thumbnail image from the book itself, download one from its servers, or leave the book with no cover thumbnail. This depends on the internal coding of the book (Format: MOBI vs KF8, CDETYPE: EBOK vs PDOC vs none, and ASIN) and the kindle firmware version.
You can see the thumbnail image files on your kindle by looking in the system/thumbnails folder. (Show hidden files to see the 'system' folder.)
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? there must be some logic rules that govern all of that - and a flowchart or two ?
surely the programs do not roll virtual dice & then decide, Ok I'll treat
this book
that way.
the only path that i need to understand is starting from a bought or free epub being added to calibre , ending with a conversion reaching an e-ink kindle - complete with a cover
i get that amazon can be a black box operation at times but
calibre usually but not always ...does not seem quite right