Cover transfer to new Kindle Fire HD 10 with Calibre

Bookworm4eva · 07-26-2016, 03:39 PM

Hi everyone,

I have been using a Kindle for several years. Since I felt that my 8-year-old Kindle was somewhat outdated, I just bought a new one – a Kindle Fire HD 10. It’s pretty awesome in general and does tons of things that I don’t even need. BUT: My biggest disappointment (and probably naïve deception) is that my whole structure from the previous Kindle is now gone. I have invested years in converting and uploading books through Calibre and organizing them into lists on my Kindle and now it's all gone.
Anyway, after hours of forum searches and formatting, I managed that all my Calibre books (in mobi format) now appear under “Books” on the new Kindle and not under “Documents” as they all the sudden did.
However, all the individual covers that I have researched and downloaded for my books don’t appear as covers on the new Kindle no matter what I do.
Some forum entries say that the new versions of the Kindle won’t accept individual book covers anymore because the device automatically downloads a cover from Amazon. And you could only change that if you checked a setting under Calibre, which would then disable WhisperSync (which I need since I have different devices) and would also sort all books under “Documents” (which I don’t want).

My question: Do you have any advice on how I could get my individual book covers to appear on the Kindle Fire under “Books”?

Here is what I have done so far: I have deleted all dates, IDs etc. from the metadata on Calibre and uploaded new covers for the books. I have formatted all books under Calibre so that they were again converted to mobi with the tag EBOK instead of PDOC.
Then I sent the books from Calibre to my Kindle visa USB cable (which apparently makes a significant difference to emailing books through Calibre).

Is it possible that a cover must have a certain size, measurements or resolution to appear as Cover on the Kindle Fire?

I am really desperate. I spent so much time working on this with little results.

I really hope you can help me. What use is a fancy HD screen if all you can see is some lousy book cover – blank page with the title written on it.

Thank you very much!

eschwartz · 07-26-2016, 05:27 PM

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...droid-ipad-etc

Note the third and fourth paragraphs.

calibre can only work around this bug on E-Ink devices, not on the Fire.

Lizj1 · 08-08-2016, 07:34 AM

Hi Bookworm,

I'm not sure if this will help you, but I found that I need to "Polish" a book, and imbed the cover into the epub file, then convert it to mobi again. When I transfer this new file, or an AZW3 with the cover imbedded, the covers show up on my fire.

I don't change PDOC to EBOK, at least not conciously, and all my books transferred from calibre show up as books not docs - I think I just had to set things up (maybe in calibre preferences - Sending Books to Devices) so that the books were going to the books folder - I don't have my fire with me today so I can't check. I don't use whispersync though, so things may be different with that.

Anyway, I think imbedding the cover is the key thing.
Good luck!

Liz

Bookworm4eva · 08-12-2016, 06:42 AM

Hi Liz,
thanks! I'm still hoping that there will be a fix to this somehow.
What do you mean by "polishing" a book? How do you embed the cover?
I have been using the normal cover function under calibre.
I'm quite sure that I have gone through all the settings but if you feel there is something I could have overlooked, I'm very grateful for the tip!
Thanks!

BetterRed · 08-12-2016, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bookworm4eva

Hi Liz,
thanks! I'm still hoping that there will be a fix to this somehow.
What do you mean by "polishing" a book? How do you embed the cover?
I have been using the normal cover function under calibre.
I'm quite sure that I have gone through all the settings but if you feel there is something I could have overlooked, I'm very grateful for the tip!
Thanks!

The Polish Books feature can be accessed by pressing the 'P' key on the keyboard, or by adding the Polish Books icon to one or more toolbars, it looks a like wooden handled a blusher brush

BR

07-26-2016, 03:39 PM	#1
Bookworm4eva Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2016 Device: Kindle Fire HD 10	Cover transfer to new Kindle Fire HD 10 with Calibre Hi everyone, I have been using a Kindle for several years. Since I felt that my 8-year-old Kindle was somewhat outdated, I just bought a new one – a Kindle Fire HD 10. It’s pretty awesome in general and does tons of things that I don’t even need. BUT: My biggest disappointment (and probably naïve deception) is that my whole structure from the previous Kindle is now gone. I have invested years in converting and uploading books through Calibre and organizing them into lists on my Kindle and now it's all gone. Anyway, after hours of forum searches and formatting, I managed that all my Calibre books (in mobi format) now appear under “Books” on the new Kindle and not under “Documents” as they all the sudden did. However, all the individual covers that I have researched and downloaded for my books don’t appear as covers on the new Kindle no matter what I do. Some forum entries say that the new versions of the Kindle won’t accept individual book covers anymore because the device automatically downloads a cover from Amazon. And you could only change that if you checked a setting under Calibre, which would then disable WhisperSync (which I need since I have different devices) and would also sort all books under “Documents” (which I don’t want). My question: Do you have any advice on how I could get my individual book covers to appear on the Kindle Fire under “Books”? Here is what I have done so far: I have deleted all dates, IDs etc. from the metadata on Calibre and uploaded new covers for the books. I have formatted all books under Calibre so that they were again converted to mobi with the tag EBOK instead of PDOC. Then I sent the books from Calibre to my Kindle visa USB cable (which apparently makes a significant difference to emailing books through Calibre). Is it possible that a cover must have a certain size, measurements or resolution to appear as Cover on the Kindle Fire? I am really desperate. I spent so much time working on this with little results. I really hope you can help me. What use is a fancy HD screen if all you can see is some lousy book cover – blank page with the title written on it. Thank you very much!

07-26-2016, 05:27 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...droid-ipad-etc Note the third and fourth paragraphs. calibre can only work around this bug on E-Ink devices, not on the Fire. Last edited by eschwartz; 07-26-2016 at 05:29 PM.

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08-08-2016, 07:34 AM	#3
Lizj1 Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 100000 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, Kindle 3, Kobo H20, Oasis 2	Hi Bookworm, I'm not sure if this will help you, but I found that I need to "Polish" a book, and imbed the cover into the epub file, then convert it to mobi again. When I transfer this new file, or an AZW3 with the cover imbedded, the covers show up on my fire. I don't change PDOC to EBOK, at least not conciously, and all my books transferred from calibre show up as books not docs - I think I just had to set things up (maybe in calibre preferences - Sending Books to Devices) so that the books were going to the books folder - I don't have my fire with me today so I can't check. I don't use whispersync though, so things may be different with that. Anyway, I think imbedding the cover is the key thing. Good luck! Liz

08-12-2016, 06:42 AM	#4
Bookworm4eva Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2016 Device: Kindle Fire HD 10	Hi Liz, thanks! I'm still hoping that there will be a fix to this somehow. What do you mean by "polishing" a book? How do you embed the cover? I have been using the normal cover function under calibre. I'm quite sure that I have gone through all the settings but if you feel there is something I could have overlooked, I'm very grateful for the tip! Thanks!