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Originally Posted by davidfor
That means the edition of the book you bought is no longer available for sale from Kobo. You will still be able to download the book from your library in the store, or on the device. If you can still find the book in the store, it is probably a different edition. I have quite a few books from Kobo like this.
As to the covers on the device, I haven't seen that. But, I also have WiFi on all the time and it syncs whenever needed.
Loosing data on the Kobo devices after a power cycle, can be a sign of database corruption. I haven't heard of it affecting cover display, but the database stores an id for the cover image. If that is corrupted somehow, then the cover won't be displayed. But, if this was the case, I would expect that you would be missing other things such as losing the reading status. The database can be checked with any SQLite database manager, or with my Kobo Utilities plugin in calibre.
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Thank you for the answer.
I supposed that if the book is available, the cover should be also downloaded.
I understand the matter of new editions, but I have now 8 books in this case, some not read and bought only a couple of weeks ago, and although is not a big deal, I like to see the covers when I look for a book.
About the database corruption, I expected it, but I recovered a backup when this was not a problem and it happened again.
Looking in the database for books bought in the kobo store is a nightmare as they are identified by an id no by its title as the sideloaded ones. Is there any trick to find them?
I would like to check where the cover points (the file) after the sync and after the cover is lost
Anyway, I am confused about what it is triggering the problem, as with a sync the cover is recovered, but after some time it is lost again without any event that can be related to a change in the database (e.g. the book has not been opened in this time)
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No other issues about reading position or other data stored in the data base for the affected books. Only the change of the cover by a generic one.
It is a small nuisance, but I would like to know why it is doing that.
By the way, it never happened with a sideloaded book ...