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Old 10-30-2025, 08:27 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Enduro67 View Post
Unfortunately, it's not that simple. I entered the ASIN I found on the Amazon website into the metadata in Calibre. However, when I select “View in Store” for the book on my Kindle, I get a message saying that the ASIN is incorrect. How can I get the correct ASIN into the metadata of my e-books without installing Python etc. (in the hope that the covers will then appear)?
You will have less pain if you convert with Enable sharing option checked (AZW3), or convert to KFX with default options, so it is a (Personal) Document. Cover image will get generated.

The 'ASIN hack' (I guess people did this in the past to make it masquerade as a Book you purchased from Amazon to enable features normally only available for Amazon purchases) does not seem to work since recent updates. Having ASIN in metadata entails additional checking now and the book might not even open.

At least that was my experience in trying to get Assistive Reader to work with third-party content.

Or send ePub to Send To Kindle, and cover will get generated (if ePub has one properly tagged).
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