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Originally Posted by lilik
yes, that's exactly what I’m doing — I transfer my books via USB, not by email.
The format I use is .azw3, with covers and metadata properly set in Calibre, but the covers still don’t show up on my Kindle Color.
I’ve tried everything:
– Sending via USB
– Correct ASIN
– Clean metadata
– Valid cover image
– DRM-free files
But still, no cover appears in the library or home screen.
So it seems that even USB transfers are restricted on the Kindle Color, which is extremely frustrating, especially since I bought this model specifically to see my book covers in color.
If anyone has a working method on the Kindle Color or Colorsoft, I’d love to hear it.
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By default, calibre converts to EBOK content type (for both AZW3 and MOBI). Those will not get a cover thumbnail. You need to check the 'Enable Sharing' output option to make it PDOC, then Kindle will generate a cover thumbnail.
It's confusing because 'Enable Sharing' does the opposite of what you might think it does (allow sharing to Goodreads). You can only do that with EBOK.