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Originally Posted by shamanNS
Any input file that after going through Amazon's PDOC conversion system ends up as a azw3 file (and this will be the new default behavior) will have that problem. Epub as a starting format has zero effect in that whole scenario, only makes it more ironic because unlike stuff like doc, docx, rtf, txt
... epub actually contains a cover image marked in a way that conversion system should be able to use.
It is the Kindle firmware that is programmed in that way to intentionally not generate thumbnail by extracting existing cover image inside the book / inside the azw3 file.
And Amazon has gone an extra step years ago when they've made a change to stop the firmware from using even user-sideload thumbnail files for azw3 books that are tagged as PDOC.
In the past & on older firmware you could use this script go have both read position & notes sync between Kindle devices AND better book formating (by using azw3 instead of mobi) AND have cover thumbnails.
Code:
https://github.com/quiris11/ExtractCoverThumbs/
And even if post-download you would change that flag from PDOC to EBOK (in order to have cover thumbnail) that would break the sync functionality.
Stimpy put: azw3 with PDOC flag = no thumbnails, no workarounds.
That is one of the ways in which Amazon "subtly" tries to make people buy books from Kindle Store. |
This might be the end of me ever using whispersync then, the one kindle feature that made me stay with kindle. Unless someone somehow finds a way around this.
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Originally Posted by graycyn
Technically, epub books *do not* lose their covers, presuming they have a proper cover in the first place. If a cover image is present in the epub and listed in the TOC, you should be able to enjoy looking at your cover just fine by navigating to it.
But the Kindle won't *show* the proper cover when you are browsing your books in your library. Which is annoying, for sure! I like cover art, but I can live with it not showing in my library as long as I can still view it inside the book.
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The cover thumbnail is a pretty huge deal to me. I re-convert and resend my books multiple times if they somehow don't display their covers on my kindle. Specially now that Amazon forced thumbnails on list view.
If things go forward this way, I might just have to stick with sideloading books via USB. And since I'll be sideloading anyways, my next upgrade probably won't be a Kindle.