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Originally Posted by Sirtel
That piece in the support docs is more than 10 years old. Amazon has changed many things since then.
It's simple: the book needs to be tagged as PDOC. Format doesn't matter; you can convert to KFX, but you'll still need the PDOC tag. And Kindles cannot read the EPUB format (Amazon will convert an epub to a Kindle format if you email it).
If you don't want the PDOC tag, but want the cover, you should use some other ereader, not a Kindle.
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OK.. well thats interesting..
Firstly.. the 7.26 message that pops up says..
"Amazon has broken display of covers for books sent to the kindle by USB cable. To workaround it, you have to either keep your kindle in airplane mode or:
1. Send the books to kindle
2. Disconnect the kindle and wait for the covers to be deleted by Amazon
3 reconnect the kindle and calibre will restore tyhe covers.
After this the covers for those books should stay put Click here for details."
The "Click here" links to exactly the article I linked you above.. that you say is 10 years old... but if linked in 7.26, surely we can expect it to be current?
Anyway - the interesting bit, is that I got mad.. and nuked all books on my wifes Kindle (Nuke = copied them all to her Calibre library, then deleted all from her device).
I then readded just the 12 books she not read, by copying back from Calibre library to her device by USB cable.
But now... the book covers are remaining in place for the MOBI books I downloaded to start this whole thread... they are not being removed. Her Kindle is not in airplane mode... it is connected to wireless..
Its been 20 mins and they still there... be interesting to see if they stay long term.
But from the current advice above... it looks like its now working.
I made no changes to Calibre config.. so books are showing as books.
I have no idea what has changed to mean the advice seems to be working now.
But does look like the "It's simple: the book needs to be tagged as PDOC. Format doesn't matter" is bogus.
Will post back if covers disappear again.