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HarryT · 07-30-2025, 03:14 PM

Just bought a Kindle Scribe. I prefer to keep WiFi turned off on all my Kindles and sideload all my content from Calibre. I've side loaded an initial batch of books onto my Scribe. All worked fine except that no book cover images appear in the library with the exception of one book that was in KFX format rather than the AZW3 format I usually use. I'm guessing that this is a consequence of the MTP connect of the scribe and Calibre's inability to access the system folder, which is where cover image thumbnails are stored.

Is the workaround for this to convert all my books to KFX format and send KFX to the Scribe rather than AZW3?

07-30-2025, 03:14 PM	#1
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,557 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Book covers for side loaded books on Kindle Scribe Just bought a Kindle Scribe. I prefer to keep WiFi turned off on all my Kindles and sideload all my content from Calibre. I've side loaded an initial batch of books onto my Scribe. All worked fine except that no book cover images appear in the library with the exception of one book that was in KFX format rather than the AZW3 format I usually use. I'm guessing that this is a consequence of the MTP connect of the scribe and Calibre's inability to access the system folder, which is where cover image thumbnails are stored. Is the workaround for this to convert all my books to KFX format and send KFX to the Scribe rather than AZW3?