[Metadata Source Plugin] Kindle (Amazon) High-res Covers

[DNSB]

I did some testing and it appears that if I do more than ~10 requests in quick succession, Amazon no longer wants to talk to me for a few minutes (more than 5 less than 15).

[Ma'am-I-Am]

Originally Posted by DNSB

I did some testing and it appears that if I do more than ~10 requests in quick succession, Amazon no longer wants to talk to me for a few minutes (more than 5 less than 15).

{Anonyma'am ponders her conversational technique and social acumen}

I usually add 3 books at a time for certain reasons. Then I highlight the batch and do Edit Metadata in Bulk to add my own tags, set the title capitalization, and set author sort. I only edit metadata individually when I need/want it for that book(s).

It seems like this is going nowhere (not a criticism), so I'm going to leave it alone for now and see if something changes. Thanks for all the responses, though!

[DNSB]

A difference in methodology. After I got my prior to calibre ebook collection into calibre where I did try bulk editing, I've used the edit metadata individually almost exclusively. After I download the metadata, I tend to edit the comments to clean up egregious formatting, reviews, blurbs, etc. For me, it was simply easy to control which metadata made it into my library rather than going back and correcting errors after the fact. That I use multiple metadata sources makes it easier to get incorrect metadata. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[KindleAZWorKFX]

It seems this plugin no longer fetches cover images, possibly because Amazon changed something again. It used to work, but now it doesn’t, and the issue persists even with older versions of Calibre, like 7. No images load anymore.

The plugin appears to be dead unless a fix is found for retrieving cover images. Without it, you might have to manually fetch high-resolution images from the website for each ebook, assuming the covers are still available there. Otherwise, finding a solution might involve a website specifically for searching Kindle ebook covers, like a Google for ebooks, but that’s just speculation. This plugin was last updated in 2024-02, correct? Or was there a newer version than v0.5.1 for Kindle hi-res covers?

[KindleAZWorKFX]

This plug-in used to use the technique published at https://www.ereader-palace.com/get-h...kindle-ebooks/ but as of 2024-02 the URLs no longer work, and new working URLs were determined via experimentation.

that page no longer loads the correct title , above link is not what it should be. seems to be redirected to https://bbqinprogress.com/ page.

I recommend that people send that link to edge's report unsafe site, as its not what it should be, possible the host went down, and a fishy site took over the link and hijacked it.

https://github.com/lbschenkel/calibr...n-hires-covers

[KindleAZWorKFX]

I did ask copilot about this, today, it gave me these links if that helps for anyone else, since that link is no longer active and about ebooks.

Today

Me
https://www.ereader-palace.com/get-h...kindle-ebooks/ link is hijacked to https://bbqinprogress.com/ how can I report this? as unsafe page, is based on what site it goes to, the not source web link, as it used to be about ebooks but this is a non-english website, its redirected to.


This below was the text reply from copilot website and links here

You can report the hijacked link as an unsafe page through various platforms that handle cybersecurity threats. Here are a few options:

Microsoft Security Intelligence: You can report the unsafe site here.

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC): If you're in the UK, you can report suspicious websites here.

Google Safe Browsing: If you believe Google should flag the page, you can report it here.

These platforms investigate phishing, malware, and other security threats. When reporting, be sure to include details about the redirection issue and why you believe the site is compromised. Hope this helps!

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi...afe-site-guest

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/abou...t-scam-website

https://safebrowsing.google.com/safe...eport_general/

those are the pages links that copilot gave me, as again that link is no longer valid. and seems to be redirected to a website, I never heard of, and doesn't seem to be about ebooks at all.

Me I am in the US not the UK so that one might not be any good?

Copilot again below,
You're right! The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is UK-based, so it's likely not the best option for reporting the issue.

For US-based reporting, you can try:

Microsoft Security Intelligence: Report the unsafe site here.

Google Safe Browsing: Flag it for Google's security team here.

FTC Scam Reporting: If you suspect fraud or phishing, report it here.

These platforms investigate cybersecurity threats and take action when necessary. Hope this helps!

https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/

it gave me one more link when I told copilot I am not in the Uk, so that redirect is showing up in a US web browser not a UK sourced one, in any case, I live in the US, but that link for the UK might be good for a Uk user, so I share that link anyway

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by KindleAZWorKFX

It seems this plugin no longer fetches cover images...

The plugin appears to be dead unless a fix is found for retrieving cover images. Without it, you might have to manually fetch high-resolution images from the website for each ebook, assuming the covers are still available there. ...

The plugin works fine if your book has an ASIN identifier. Give the developer a chance to review the plugin and figure out a solution for it to work with regular Amazon identifiers. In the meantime use the Apple Covers plugin, Kobo Metadata plugin and Google images plugin to fetch covers.

[lbschenkel]

Originally Posted by KindleAZWorKFX

It seems this plugin no longer fetches cover images, possibly because Amazon changed something again. It used to work, but now it doesn’t, and the issue persists even with older versions of Calibre, like 7. No images load anymore.

I'm not sure what's happening in your case, but I just re-tested the plugin now with a number of books and it continues to work fine: as long as the book has amazon/asin identifiers, the covers are found.

Originally Posted by KindleAZWorKFX

The plugin appears to be dead unless a fix is found for retrieving cover images.

It may be a bit premature to say that. This report of potential breakage was posted in the middle of the night for me and here I am, first thing in the morning and I have re-tested and I'm answering.

P.S.: I can see that your messages have been mostly written by AI. Note that I'm here to support other humans. Next time please write yourself, as there's a lot of nonsense and hallucination in the contents which make them unnecessary alarmist. They're basically pure noise and just bring confusion. Blatant use of AI in this thread will result in the poster entering my ignore list.

[pdurrant]

I shall amend the posting guidelines to make it clear that quoting AIs, or having AIs generate your content is not generally acceptable.

But I don't think KindleAZWorKFX intended to post bad information, they seem to just be a bit naive about the usefulness of AI responses.