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Old 05-04-2019, 11:31 AM   #1
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Calibre side-loaded book covers?

Some books will display the cover, some refuse to at all, and some display momentarily only to disappear after a minute.

What are the requirements to get Calibre side-loaded book covers to consistently show up on a Kindle PW4 ?
  • Do book formats matter (eg. mobi / azw3 / kfx) ? No.
  • Do book ids matter (eg. must I set/unset isbn / mobi-asin) ? No.
  • Do book cover sizes matter (eg. Is there a maximum resolution) ? YES!
  • Under what circumstances can/does the Kindle download it's own covers from Amazon ? Unclear, probably based on book IDs.
  • Must I embed the cover image somehow (eg. I've read about epub to epub conversions) ? No.

Last edited by trcm; 05-14-2019 at 07:05 AM. Reason: SOLVED.
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