Kindle Colorsoft - no cover art in library

[dursin]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Epub doesn't work on a Kindle, unless converted. Mobi is an old, outdated format. For modern Kindles either AZW3 (not the same as AZW!) or KFX are best.

Thanks. I know epub doesn't work on my old Kindle. Was wondering if maybe it did now. Is there a preferred choice between AZW3 and KFX? And just in case I throw in the towel on this Colorsoft, is either compatible with non-Kindle ereaders?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by dursin

Thanks. I know epub doesn't work on my old Kindle. Was wondering if maybe it did now. Is there a preferred choice between AZW3 and KFX? And just in case I throw in the towel on this Colorsoft, is either compatible with non-Kindle ereaders?

KF8 is a better format overall then KFX.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by dursin

Thanks. I know epub doesn't work on my old Kindle. Was wondering if maybe it did now. Is there a preferred choice between AZW3 and KFX? And just in case I throw in the towel on this Colorsoft, is either compatible with non-Kindle ereaders?

Which of them is better depends on your individual preferences. KFX has enhanced typesetting and hyphenation, but doesn't work with the FONT_RAMP hack (customized font sizes), is not editable and has a fixed minimum line height.

Neither works with non-Kindle ereaders (or if they do, the support for them is very poor).

[dursin]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Which of them is better depends on your individual preferences. KFX has enhanced typesetting and hyphenation, but doesn't work with the FONT_RAMP hack (customized font sizes), is not editable and has a fixed minimum line height.

Neither works with non-Kindle ereaders (or if they do, the support for them is very poor).

Is there any reason not to just stick with Mobi since that's the format that 90% of my library is in? Does it support this ASIN workaround for cover art?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by dursin

Is there any reason not to just stick with Mobi since that's the format that 90% of my library is in? Does it support this ASIN workaround for cover art?

This ASIN workaround would need to be done with KF8 as you can edit it and add in the correct ASIN.

If Mobi the source format for all of those eBooks or did you convert from a different format? If you still have the source format, convert to KF8 and dump the Mobi.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by dursin

Is there any reason not to just stick with Mobi since that's the format that 90% of my library is in?

Only if you don't care about using a custom font or adjusting the weight ("boldness").

[jackie_w]

This thread is about the Kindle Colorsoft. I thought I'd read that sideloaded books must be in KFX format if you want to see your covers in colour. That would appear to rule out MOBI/AZW3 completely. I can't see much point buying a colour device if I can only see B/W covers ... or have I completely misunderstood the situation?

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

This thread is about the Kindle Colorsoft. I thought I'd read that sideloaded books must be in KFX format if you want to see your covers in colour. That would appear to rule out MOBI/AZW3 completely. I can't see much point buying a colour device if I can only see B/W covers ... or have I completely misunderstood the situation?

I think MOBI/AZW3 work as well if they're marked as PDOC instead of EBOK, but I'm not sure.

[JediRhymeTrix]

Originally Posted by dursin

I tried running this, but needed to install python first...then "pip install selenium", "webdriver-manager" and "BeautifulSoup4".

When I try to extract, it's failing because the "extract_amazon_identifiers()" function doesn't seem to exist. Shouldn't that exist in the asin_fixer.py source code or did I miss installing something?

Also, is there a preferred format for the book like epub, mobi, etc..? I think out of necessity all my epub have been converted to mobi for my older Paperwhite.

Yeah, the script got mangled a little bit when I tried to copy paste it into the gist. I've fixed those issues now, so it should work.