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Originally Posted by odamizu
The problem with Send-to-Kindle is that when you send a dual-mobi (containing both AZW3/KF8 and old mobi formats), Amazon creates a new ASIN for the AZW3 and overwrites whatever ASIN you may have embedded yourself. As a result, eink Kindles that receive the AZW3 are not able to download the cover and you get a generic cover. (I don't know about Android, but iOS uses yet another format, AZK, which appears to use the cover image inside the ebook so don't have this problem.)
So for eink Kindles, if you prefer AZW3 format (as I do), you have to choose between Whispersync and covers.
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First: thank you for this succinct summary, I've been searching and experimenting for two days and there are so many different/often conflicting answers about how this works.
The reason I'm replying: I've been led to believe by other threads and the
mobileread wiki that LRP sync SHOULD work as long as you have a matching ASIN in your file(s), which you can insert by using QualityCheck plugin's fix.
You can't use the email-to-kindle option because the server will change your inserted ASIN, but you CAN use Calibre send-to-device and the AZW3 file with the inserted ASIN does get transferred over (verified by looking on the Kindle itself with MobiMetaEditor). But my book still isn't syncing like the wiki leads me to believe it should.
Like you, I'm trying to stick to AZW3 versions, and I've gotten to the point where I have cover thumbnails and no "personal" banner. If it's just not possible to sync LPR outside of using the personal document service, I'd understand, but supposedly that's NOT true and mine just isn't working? I feel like I'm so close.....
