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Old 09-27-2022, 03:01 PM   #1
rjim86
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Post ebook-conversion not display cover preview in kindle paperwhite

Hi all,
I'm new to calibre tool, what a fantastic tool. I'm converting HTML to epub using the ebook-convert CLI command and sending it to kindle via mail. Everything is working fine except the cover, unable to view the cover preview on the kindle paperwhite bookshelf. It does show the cover inside the book. I tried the below command for the title and author to show up and also with the cover. No luck


Code:
ebook-convert --version
ebook-convert (calibre 6.5.0)
Code:
ebook-convert book.html book.epub -vv --epub-version=3 --level1-toc '//h:h1' --authors 'author name' --book-producer 'Producer' \
        --no-default-epub-cover \
        --cover 'cover.png'
Code:
ebook-convert book.html book.epub -vv --epub-version=3 --level1-toc '//h:h1' --authors 'author name' --book-producer 'Producer' \
        --no-default-epub-cover \
        --title 'Book Name'
Code:
ebook-convert book.html book.epub -vv --epub-version=3 --level1-toc '//h:h1' --authors 'author name' --book-producer 'Producer' \
        --no-default-epub-cover
Code:
    <html>
      <head><title>Author - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur ta....</title></head>
      <body>
        <div class="container">
          <table><tr><td>
            <img src="/var/images/sample.png" style="height:600px;">
            <h1 class="bookTitle">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Ipsam, dicta..</h1>
            <p style="text-align:right">Author</p>
          </td></tr></table>
      </div>
        
      <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Quas cupiditate fugiat ratione exercitationem adipisci? Recusandae ut animi optio similique nobis voluptatibus, error hic fugit non voluptates quam quo cupiditate? Vel?</p>
      <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Quas cupiditate fugiat ratione exercitationem adipisci? Recusandae ut animi optio similique nobis voluptatibus, error hic fugit non voluptates quam quo cupiditate? Vel?.</p>
      <img src= /var/images/1664260747/1549152445305163781_0.png />
      </body>
    </html>


What am I doing wrong? Any guidance is appreciated.
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