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va55ago · 11-04-2020, 07:20 AM

Hi,

I'm struggling with one thing - I've bought a bunch of books, and can download them in various formats. Since I'm using Kindle Voyage, I'm downloading them in *.mobi format so that I can send them directly to my kindle e-mail address.
When I do though, for 80% of those books, the cover does not appear when transferred to my Kindle.

I have raised the issue with the online store, and I know they're working on it - trying different approaches, but not much has changed.

I thought about trying to troubleshoot it myself. I've loaded those downloaded books to Calibre, and just converted them from *mobi to *mobi. Once done, I've send the new files to Kindle... and - all the covers are now visible in both Kindle Voyage (and Kindle for iPad). Unfortunately, the books also lost some spacing, minor formatting, etc., that I didn't really want to change.
I am now trying to figure out how to use Calibre to correct/re-embed the covers to the mobile files, without changing anything about it's structure. I've tried to "Save the book to device", I've tried editing the metadata and saving the same cover I've had to the same file - no luck.

Any ideas what I could do to fix it?
All I'd like to achieve is to re-embed the cover in a mobile file, without changing the book's layout/formatting.

11-04-2020, 07:20 AM	#1
va55ago Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2020 Device: Kindle Voyage	mobi - missing covers on Kindle? works when converted Hi, I'm struggling with one thing - I've bought a bunch of books, and can download them in various formats. Since I'm using Kindle Voyage, I'm downloading them in .mobi format so that I can send them directly to my kindle e-mail address. When I do though, for 80% of those books, the cover does not appear when transferred to my Kindle. I have raised the issue with the online store, and I know they're working on it - trying different approaches, but not much has changed. I thought about trying to troubleshoot it myself. I've loaded those downloaded books to Calibre, and just converted them from mobi to *mobi. Once done, I've send the new files to Kindle... and - all the covers are now visible in both Kindle Voyage (and Kindle for iPad). Unfortunately, the books also lost some spacing, minor formatting, etc., that I didn't really want to change. I am now trying to figure out how to use Calibre to correct/re-embed the covers to the mobile files, without changing anything about it's structure. I've tried to "Save the book to device", I've tried editing the metadata and saving the same cover I've had to the same file - no luck. Any ideas what I could do to fix it? All I'd like to achieve is to re-embed the cover in a mobile file, without changing the book's layout/formatting.