Thread: Can ebook-convert generate mobi like kindlegen?
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Old 08-27-2019, 11:57 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by xiatian View Post
Thanks. But I'm still curious about why I have to use send to device option to make the cover shown. Can ebook-convert command generate a mobi which kindle can display the cover in the kindle library?
You have to mark it as [PDOC] (personal document) if you want cover support without needing to use Calibre send to device.

Code:
ebook-convert.exe input.epub output.mobi --personal-doc [PDOC]
Of course then it shows up as "Document" instead of "Book" or "Periodical". No sync either I believe but I've found that problematic for non-Kindle and non-Amazon cloud books anyway.
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