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Old 11-01-2024, 07:47 PM   #46
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Only way I got cover art to show (coloursoft kindle) was sending epub via send to my kindle and works no issues. Cant get it to work any other way.
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Old 11-02-2024, 09:02 AM   #47
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Only way I got cover art to show (coloursoft kindle) was sending epub via send to my kindle and works no issues. Cant get it to work any other way.
Once I finally got my Coloursoft working (full saga in another thread) Calibre sent the cover art with the side loaded text. I can see color thumbnails of the book covers in the list of books I have loaded and if I go to the TOC I can bring up the full page color cover. I don't know whether Calibre sent epubs or mobis to the device tho.
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Same here. I had no problems using calibre and seeing the cover art.
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Old 11-02-2024, 01:38 PM   #49
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Once I finally got my Coloursoft working (full saga in another thread) Calibre sent the cover art with the side loaded text. I can see color thumbnails of the book covers in the list of books I have loaded and if I go to the TOC I can bring up the full page color cover. I don't know whether Calibre sent epubs or mobis to the device tho.
What did you do to get Calibre to do that?

I've managed to convert to KFX and send as a personal document rather than book and that worked.
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Old 11-02-2024, 04:03 PM   #50
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I don't know whether Calibre sent epubs or mobis to the device tho.
Since your Colorsoft does not support ePub other than through the various flavours of Send to Kindle, calibre is either sending mobi (not recommended), KF8/azw3 or KFX format ebooks (depends on how you have calibre configured).
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Old 11-02-2024, 06:51 PM   #51
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Well, the Kobo is definitely missing details in the bright areas, as can clearly be seen at the top right area in the attached image. I think it’s really just a matter of color calibration, the dynamic range is limited on that technology so choices have to be made on whether to prioritize details in the low or high luminance areas.

If I was faced with that choice I’d probably take the same approach as Amazon, as this will likely make black text pop out more on a light background, meaning a slightly better readability for graphic novels. But really I think it’s just a case of give some, take some.
You mean the KINDLE is missing details. There are a lot of details missing on the Kindle.

Think is, this choice is rubbish. It makes (IMHO) the Kindle useless for color.
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Old 11-02-2024, 07:00 PM   #52
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I could only find that supposed Amazon quote on Android Authority, here, and in a post on the Kindle forum. But nobody has linked to the statement from Amazon.

So we have no idea if it is valid or not.
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Old 11-03-2024, 11:22 AM   #53
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Sideloading works just fine with the new Kindles.
I tested it myself on the Paperwhite 2024 using Calibre.

Regarding Send to Kindle, Amazon doesn't give a rat's ass what you send.

Our corporate overlord is still benevolent.
Did you sidelode ebooks that calibre has converted into .azw3 ? Here I get an error message " ERROR. If you bought this book at Amazon, remove it and download it again". The books were converted by calibre 7.12
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Old 11-06-2024, 10:44 AM   #54
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I found the answer myself. You have to convert the ebookt to kfx and not to azw3. That works
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Old 11-06-2024, 04:37 PM   #55
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I found the answer myself. You have to convert the ebookt to kfx and not to azw3. That works
Why do KF8 eBooks not work on a 2024 Kindle?
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Old 11-07-2024, 01:15 AM   #56
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Why do KF8 eBooks not work on a 2024 Kindle?

Dual-format MOBI (such as what Gutenberg offers) also does not work (on my Colorsoft). SDR folder is created, indexing completes, but it will not open. (moreover Remove download does not do anything: the file and sdr folder remain).

Yet Product Details state:
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Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively
You would think someone would be checking this (to make sure the Product Details are accurate or that Remove download worked). But this is Amazon.
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Dual-format MOBI (such as what Gutenberg offers) also does not work (on my Colorsoft).
I am seeing something a bit different.

I picked a recently added book from Project Gutenberg (The old house, and other stories by Blanche Sellers Ortmann) for testing. It shows two Kindle formats: Kindle and older Kindles. The first is KF8 format with a .mobi extension. The second is MOBI V6. Both show that they were created using calibre version 4.17.0. Neither is dual-format.

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SDR folder is created, indexing completes, but it will not open.
The MOBI 6 file works properly when sideloaded to the "documents" folder of my Colorsoft via USB/MTP.

However doing the same with the KF8 file pops up the Unable to Open Item dialog. But this happens because the non-working file as delivered by Project Gutenberg has the wrong file extension for its format. Changing the extension of the KF8 file from .mobi to .azw3 allows it to function properly on my Colorsoft. I experience the same behavior with this file on a Kindle Paperwhite.

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(moreover Remove download does not do anything: the file and sdr folder remain).
I could not duplicate this. After it failed to open I was able to remove the book using the Remove Download choice from the device's UI.

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Yet Product Details state:

Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively
As another test I downloaded the EPUB3 version of the same book from PG and converted it into an actual dual-format MOBI file using Kindle Previewer 3. Once sideloaded that functioned properly on my Colorsoft.
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Dual-format MOBI (such as what Gutenberg offers) also does not work (on my Colorsoft). SDR folder is created, indexing completes, but it will not open. (moreover Remove download does not do anything: the file and sdr folder remain).

Yet Product Details state:


You would think someone would be checking this (to make sure the Product Details are accurate or that Remove download worked). But this is Amazon.
What happens if you download a KF8 eBook from Amazon via WiFi to your Kindle? Is it even possible to find such an eBook?
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I am seeing something a bit different.

I picked a recently added book from Project Gutenberg (The old house, and other stories by Blanche Sellers Ortmann) for testing. It shows two Kindle formats: Kindle and older Kindles. The first is KF8 format with a .mobi extension. The second is MOBI V6. Both show that they were created using calibre version 4.17.0. Neither is dual-format.



The MOBI 6 file works properly when sideloaded to the "documents" folder of my Colorsoft via USB/MTP.

However doing the same with the KF8 file pops up the Unable to Open Item dialog. But this happens because the non-working file as delivered by Project Gutenberg has the wrong file extension for its format. Changing the extension of the KF8 file from .mobi to .azw3 allows it to function properly on my Colorsoft. I experience the same behavior with this file on a Kindle Paperwhite.



I could not duplicate this. After it failed to open I was able to remove the book using the Remove Download choice from the device's UI.



As another test I downloaded the EPUB3 version of the same book from PG and converted it into an actual dual-format MOBI file using Kindle Previewer 3. Once sideloaded that functioned properly on my Colorsoft.
Thanks.

I was perhaps misinterpreting post #53 which said they got error trying to open a book converted to AZW3 by calibre. And then I thought I reproduced it with AZW3 that was not converted but just had DRM removed (but checked today and those work fine). And Gutenberg with its weird Kindle offerings.

I'll re-check the failure to Remove after failure. I was recovering from a long drive and multi tasking (unpacking, eating, etc) and might have missed a step in there.
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An article on Android Authority has the following quote apparently from Amazon

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https://www.androidauthority.com/202...ading-3494778/
The article says that if you have a 2024 Kindle registered to your account, D&T will not be available. Does this mean you lose D&T on old Kindle models if you buy a 2024 Kindle and register it to your account, i.e. the only way to keep D&T on old Kindles is to never buy/use a 2024 model?
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