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Old 01-28-2013, 10:42 AM   #1
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Kindle Paperwhite Home Screen books Covers are too small

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As you see in the attached image, All books which I converted from ePub to Azw3 by Calibre shows up smaller than Amazon Store original books and with the bottom word "Personal". If I convert these books from ePub to Mobi then it will show up just like Amazon books cover size.

Any idea how can I make them all the same size "big"?
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Old 01-28-2013, 10:44 AM   #2
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Umm... which attached image? (edit: ok, I see it's there now)

Anyway, you may want to give this calibre plugin a try.

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Old 01-28-2013, 10:50 AM   #3
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Oops, i just uploaded the attachment. I'll give it a try but i think it has something to do with telling Kindle this is a "Personal" Document i guess? that's why it Kindle resize the covers to a smaller size?
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I don't think so, but I'm not a calibre expert in any way. To me it looks like the conversion to .azw3 simply uses a "wrong" cover size, while the conversion to .mobi uses a "correct" one - but I may well be wrong.
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This was fixed in Calibre a good while ago. Re-convert your books with a recent Calibre version. (Delete them from your device first).
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Old 01-29-2013, 07:03 AM   #6
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I have the latest version of Calibre. Nothing changed.
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This was fixed in Calibre a good while ago. Re-convert your books with a recent Calibre version. (Delete them from your device first).
Also, make sure you're using Calibre's "Send To Device" via USB, not anything else (Send To Kindle, e-mail, whatever).
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It's still not fixed, and I'm using 0.9.31 (released today, 17 May 2013). Converted AZW3 files using Send To Device > Main Memory via USB still show a very small thumbnail cover
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your device says "Kindle" any advances on that?

Like a Kindle 4 basic?

or a kindle PW?
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I have a PW. If I rename the AZW3 file to .mobi and put it on my PW, the cover becomes full size (the book won't open, mind you, but the cover is full size). If I rename it back to AZW3, the cover is small again.
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I have a PW. If I rename the AZW3 file to .mobi and put it on my PW, the cover becomes full size (the book won't open, mind you, but the cover is full size). If I rename it back to AZW3, the cover is small again.
And your question is ?

http://www.gerv.net/hacking/how-to-ask-good-questions/

Have you tried renaming the system32 directory on your Windows install? What happened? See any connection with what you did here?
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Hmm.. it's a puzzler for sure.

possibly then there are some specific DPI requirements of the AZW3 files... I honestly hadn't noticed this behaviour myself..

Do you have any metrics for the "sizes" of the cover files out of - say - calibre?
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Hi,

As you see in the attached image, All books which I converted from ePub to Azw3 by Calibre shows up smaller than Amazon Store original books and with the bottom word "Personal". If I convert these books from ePub to Mobi then it will show up just like Amazon books cover size.

Any idea how can I make them all the same size "big"?
You should use "Resize Cover" plugin in Calibre with default settings before conversion...
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Yes use the resize plugin as 2cukica4 said and set a custom size of 758x1024 click required book and then click the plugin, Then simply convert the book in Calibre to embed the cover.
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Old 05-19-2013, 08:29 AM   #15
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Even with the "Resize Cover" Plugin, nothing changes. See the attached screenshot please.
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