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Old 07-15-2020, 12:08 PM   #1
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Kindle Books have Different Cover When Downloaded

I used some of my no-rush shipping credits to "buy" Guards! Guards! from Amazon last night, and I noticed something that I've noticed multiple times in the past.

On the product description page, and in my digital library, I see a nice cover:

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...but when I download it to convert for reading on my Kobo, I see a much uglier cover:

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I used to not care about covers when reading on my Kindle PW1 as I only used the text only list view on the home screen, and never saw the covers once I started reading, but on my Kobo I see them every time it shuts off and suddenly care much more. :-)

It's easy to fix, but... WHY?!? Is there some way to get the nicer cover when downloading the book? [probably not, but this is as much a rant as a request for info -- haha]


EDIT: Looks like the cloud reader shows the same ugly cover -- so it looks like their marketing cover on the webpage doesn't match the ebook, no matter what.

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