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spl237 · 10-30-2024, 05:34 PM

Having been using a Kindle Oasis for 8 years, managed by Calibre, I pre-ordered a Colorsoft, which arrived today.

I updated Calibre to 7.20 (running on Windows 10), plugged in the Colorsoft and told Calibre to sync my 600 or so books to it. The sync worked fine, and all my MOBIs were transferred to the Colorsoft - but none of them have cover art thumbnails in the library. (They all have cover art in their metadata.)

In fact, there isn't even the usual amazon-cover-bug folder visible on the Kindle. I tried copying the folder from my Oasis to the Colorsoft, but it made no difference. I have tried deleting everything and re-syncing, I've tried switching to AZW instead of MOBI - no joy.

I saw in another thread on here that someone had got covers syncing from Calibre to a 2024 Paperwhite, which I had assumed would be the same, but I can't get them to work.

Is there some setting I need to make somewhere in Calibre? It's so long since I set this up on my Oasis I can't remember.

Given the only real reason for getting a colour Kindle was so the library would show my cover art in colour, if the Kindle won't show cover art anyway, it'll be going back for a refund and I'll get a Kobo Libra Colour instead...

10-30-2024, 05:34 PM	#1
spl237 Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2024 Device: Kindle Colorsoft	Kindle Colorsoft - no cover art in library Having been using a Kindle Oasis for 8 years, managed by Calibre, I pre-ordered a Colorsoft, which arrived today. I updated Calibre to 7.20 (running on Windows 10), plugged in the Colorsoft and told Calibre to sync my 600 or so books to it. The sync worked fine, and all my MOBIs were transferred to the Colorsoft - but none of them have cover art thumbnails in the library. (They all have cover art in their metadata.) In fact, there isn't even the usual amazon-cover-bug folder visible on the Kindle. I tried copying the folder from my Oasis to the Colorsoft, but it made no difference. I have tried deleting everything and re-syncing, I've tried switching to AZW instead of MOBI - no joy. I saw in another thread on here that someone had got covers syncing from Calibre to a 2024 Paperwhite, which I had assumed would be the same, but I can't get them to work. Is there some setting I need to make somewhere in Calibre? It's so long since I set this up on my Oasis I can't remember. Given the only real reason for getting a colour Kindle was so the library would show my cover art in colour, if the Kindle won't show cover art anyway, it'll be going back for a refund and I'll get a Kobo Libra Colour instead...