[Kindle Scribe] Can’t seem to fix the covers not appearing bug. - Page 2

DNSB · 03-28-2025, 10:40 PM

The cover thumbnail bug is not fixable in the MTP Kindles since the folder the cover thumbnails were copied to is no longer accessible (the entire system folder is not exposed over MTP).

You can work around by changing the cdetype of the ebooks you send to PDOC or using Send to Kindle which also sends PDOCs. The KFX Output plugin allows using PDOC instead of EBOK (check the Create personal document instead of book option). Converting to MOBI also allows using PDOC but for azw3/KF8, you will need an external utility to change the cdetype to PDOC.

tomsem · 03-31-2025, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

The cover thumbnail bug is not fixable in the MTP Kindles since the folder the cover thumbnails were copied to is no longer accessible (the entire system folder is not exposed over MTP).

The 1st generation Scribe does 'expose' the /system and thumbnails subfolder even with latest update. Seems very likely to remain that way.

Note that the newer Kindles (with unexposed /system folder) 'mount' much more quickly in calibre since there are significantly fewer files to process (and calibre does not create its cover hack folder).

It would be nice if option to set PDOC cdetype directly was available in calibre's conversion to AZW3/KF8, since some people prefer that to KFX.

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03-28-2025, 10:40 PM	#16
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,377 Karma: 169098492 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	The cover thumbnail bug is not fixable in the MTP Kindles since the folder the cover thumbnails were copied to is no longer accessible (the entire system folder is not exposed over MTP). You can work around by changing the cdetype of the ebooks you send to PDOC or using Send to Kindle which also sends PDOCs. The KFX Output plugin allows using PDOC instead of EBOK (check the Create personal document instead of book option). Converting to MOBI also allows using PDOC but for azw3/KF8, you will need an external utility to change the cdetype to PDOC.

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