Issue with some Humble Bundle ebooks

geekgeek · 03-28-2021, 12:26 PM

Sometime back I purchased an ebook Humble Bundle, and used Calibre to download metadata and covers, converted them all to AZW3, and transferred them to my Kindle Oasis. I then put them into a collection.

Today, when I connected my Kindle to Calibre, I noticed that 10 of those ebooks were mysteriously transferred out of my collection to my main library, and were also missing covers.

Issues:

1. After connecting to Calibre, the covers show up, but once I eject the device, the covers disappear for those 10 ebooks.

2. I put them back in the collection, but once I eject the device, they're transferred out to the main library again.

Any idea what's the issue behind this?

kovidgoyal · 03-28-2021, 01:01 PM

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...-generic-cover

theducks · 03-28-2021, 01:04 PM

Do you have a tag on those: 'news' ?

That tag has an additional use (and setting). It auto removes after a set time period, because it was intended for periodicals that become stale quickly.

geekgeek · 04-11-2021, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...-generic-cover

This worked, but the minute I turned the Wifi on those 6 specific books went back to having no cover. The strange thing is, other books that I purchased on the same Humble Bundle don't have this issue, just these 6 specific books. The other books retain their covers even when the Wifi is on.

Really puzzled and don't seem to have an answer why these 6 books only

JSWolf · 04-12-2021, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geekgeek

This worked, but the minute I turned the Wifi on those 6 specific books went back to having no cover. The strange thing is, other books that I purchased on the same Humble Bundle don't have this issue, just these 6 specific books. The other books retain their covers even when the Wifi is on.

Really puzzled and don't seem to have an answer why these 6 books only

It's a bug in the Kindle firmware and the solution it to connect your Kindle to your library a second time.

03-28-2021, 12:26 PM	#1
geekgeek Member Posts: 23 Karma: 124 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Issue with some Humble Bundle ebooks Sometime back I purchased an ebook Humble Bundle, and used Calibre to download metadata and covers, converted them all to AZW3, and transferred them to my Kindle Oasis. I then put them into a collection. Today, when I connected my Kindle to Calibre, I noticed that 10 of those ebooks were mysteriously transferred out of my collection to my main library, and were also missing covers. Issues: 1. After connecting to Calibre, the covers show up, but once I eject the device, the covers disappear for those 10 ebooks. 2. I put them back in the collection, but once I eject the device, they're transferred out to the main library again. Any idea what's the issue behind this?

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03-28-2021, 01:01 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...-generic-cover

03-28-2021, 01:04 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,806 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Do you have a tag on those: 'news' ? That tag has an additional use (and setting). It auto removes after a set time period, because it was intended for periodicals that become stale quickly.