Book cover display problem

Jean · 03-31-2017, 05:09 PM

I own an original Kindle Fire. Today when I opened my Book directory about half of the books listed are just a blank square with no image with "new" in an orange banner in one corner.

Most of these books are not new and consist of both Amazon purchases and sideloaded books.

Does anyone know of anything I can do to get the cover images back? I've tried searching both Mobileread and Google but didn't find an answer.

On an unrelated note - recently when I've tried to sideload a book it either doesn't show up at all or it ends up in Docs. There was some setting in calibre to change in order to make the book go to 'Books' not 'Docs' but I can't remember what it was. Can anyone tell me what that was?

Cinisajoy · 04-01-2017, 07:10 PM

Sideloaded books always go to docs on the fire.
Best advice on the other is restart the fire.

KindleMama · 04-02-2017, 08:27 PM

You can re-convert the books in Calibre and remove the "PDOC" tag so that they will show up in the books tab.

Millimole · 05-09-2017, 04:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jean

I own an original Kindle Fire. Today when I opened my Book directory about half of the books listed are just a blank square with no image with "new" in an orange banner in one corner.

Most of these books are not new and consist of both Amazon purchases and sideloaded books.

Does anyone know of anything I can do to get the cover images back? I've tried searching both Mobileread and Google but didn't find an answer.

was?

This has happened to me in the last few day too. The current book I'm reading has a cover, but the others are blank. Restarting the Fire has no effect.
I'm starting to wonder if it's an issue at the Amazon end of the process.

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Millimole · 05-09-2017, 03:02 PM

Replying to my own post- I've solved the book cover display problem.
In settings > apps & games > manage all applications > all apps
First find the Kindle app - clear the data. Wait. Stop the app.
When you can go back one step
Find the app called com.amazon.kindle.otter.settings - clear the data. Wait. Stop the app.
I then found my book covers back to normal with no loss of data.
Good luck!

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03-31-2017, 05:09 PM	#1
Jean Zealot Posts: 101 Karma: 1069296 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Washington State Device: palm tx / Kindle 1 / ebookwise 1150 / Kindle Fire / Kindle Paperwhite	Book cover display problem I own an original Kindle Fire. Today when I opened my Book directory about half of the books listed are just a blank square with no image with "new" in an orange banner in one corner. Most of these books are not new and consist of both Amazon purchases and sideloaded books. Does anyone know of anything I can do to get the cover images back? I've tried searching both Mobileread and Google but didn't find an answer. On an unrelated note - recently when I've tried to sideload a book it either doesn't show up at all or it ends up in Docs. There was some setting in calibre to change in order to make the book go to 'Books' not 'Docs' but I can't remember what it was. Can anyone tell me what that was?

05-09-2017, 03:02 PM	#5
Millimole Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Bookeen	Book cover display problem Replying to my own post- I've solved the book cover display problem. In settings > apps & games > manage all applications > all apps First find the Kindle app - clear the data. Wait. Stop the app. When you can go back one step Find the app called com.amazon.kindle.otter.settings - clear the data. Wait. Stop the app. I then found my book covers back to normal with no loss of data. Good luck! Sent from my brain to my iPad using my fingers and Tapatalk

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04-01-2017, 07:10 PM	#2
Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	Sideloaded books always go to docs on the fire. Best advice on the other is restart the fire.

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KindleMama Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Kindle Fire HD	You can re-convert the books in Calibre and remove the "PDOC" tag so that they will show up in the books tab.