Kindle Colorsoft - no cover art in library

[JBaby]

I don’t know what I did but I sent two KFX books to my Colorsoft. One has the cover in the Library view and the other doesn’t.

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[spl237]

Originally Posted by JBaby

I don’t know what I did but I sent two KFX books to my Colorsoft. One has the cover in the Library view and the other doesn’t.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/036K...n7JwwyngAdybUA

Check the one that doesn't to make sure it doesn't have an ASIN set anywhere in its ids. And also make sure that when you converted it, you set it to be a personal document.

I now have cover art for all 600 or so of my ebooks, all of which were converted to KFX with PDOC set; initially a bunch were not displaying or were displaying the wrong art, and all of those were due to having ASIN set.

[librosconmaria]

ive been reading eveyones replies am i dreaming in hoping calibre will code/patch or create a plugin that will stop the covers from breaking?
so far side loading them through amazon seems to keep the covers in tact but their image quality is not that great so far. i also see people converting to kfx but removing asin from my 400 books seems too tedious

[JBaby]

Originally Posted by spl237

Check the one that doesn't to make sure it doesn't have an ASIN set anywhere in its ids. And also make sure that when you converted it, you set it to be a personal document.

I now have cover art for all 600 or so of my ebooks, all of which were converted to KFX with PDOC set; initially a bunch were not displaying or were displaying the wrong art, and all of those were due to having ASIN set.

It doesn't, but I've added other books and they do have the ASIN set and they have covers.

I will just live with some books not having covers. I hate PDOC. I have page numbers and that's more important to me. I know most won't agree.

What I can't stand is the template editor isn't working for me. Have any of you tried it?

[MrP]

Only way I have managed to get cover art to work is to make sure the format is EPUB and use Amazons send to Kindle.

Nothing else works for me book is all ok can see the cover when you go into the book but nothing shows in library view.

[frostrambler]

I found this thread via googling. Just want to let you guys know that converting your books in Calibre to KTX with PDOC checked lets you see all the covers (as recommended earlier in the thread).

Doesn't seem like a big deal, everything seems to be working as designed. Does anyone know what I am losing by converting from regular KTX to KTC PDOC? I assume whispersync which is fine, and what else?

[Futuregrace]

What is PDOC? I can't find that setting in Calibre (Mac OS)

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by frostrambler

Doesn't seem like a big deal, everything seems to be working as designed. Does anyone know what I am losing by converting from regular KTX to KTC PDOC? I assume whispersync which is fine, and what else?

mostly whispersync, xray and such features, features that depend on amazon recognizing the book.

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by Futuregrace

What is PDOC? I can't find that setting in Calibre (Mac OS)

It's under the MOBI Output section in Preferences->Output options

[alexstaravoitau]

Only way I have managed to get cover art to work is to make sure the format is EPUB and use Amazons send to Kindle.

I've tried uploading EPUB via Send to Kindle with no luck, no cover art showing in library view. I've tried sending with all IDs removed, and then with ASIN matching the book (hoping that maybe Amazon would download a proper cover).

Anything else I need to do to get it to work? I'm editing metadata via Edit Metadata in Calibre, and then saving .epub to disk—also verified in ebook-edit app that no IDs where in content.opf. Unless there are other places where IDs need to be cleaned up?

[blackcaptain]

Originally Posted by JBaby

It doesn't, but I've added other books and they do have the ASIN set and they have covers.

I will just live with some books not having covers. I hate PDOC. I have page numbers and that's more important to me. I know most won't agree.

What I can't stand is the template editor isn't working for me. Have any of you tried it?

You can have both. KFX doesn't have page numbers by default. The same output screen where you checked PDOC, there is another box to check for creating approximate page numbers. Just check it and you will have page numbers for your book, unfortunately you will have to reconvert your books and send them again to your Kindle.

[MrP]

Originally Posted by alexstaravoitau

I've tried uploading EPUB via Send to Kindle with no luck, no cover art showing in library view. I've tried sending with all IDs removed, and then with ASIN matching the book (hoping that maybe Amazon would download a proper cover).

Anything else I need to do to get it to work? I'm editing metadata via Edit Metadata in Calibre, and then saving .epub to disk—also verified in ebook-edit app that no IDs where in content.opf. Unless there are other places where IDs need to be cleaned up?

Managed to also get it working by converting to KFX then select the KFX Output and selecting create personal document instead of book. Then hit convert and send to device.

[JBaby]

Originally Posted by blackcaptain

You can have both. KFX doesn't have page numbers by default. The same output screen where you checked PDOC, there is another box to check for creating approximate page numbers. Just check it and you will have page numbers for your book, unfortunately you will have to reconvert your books and send them again to your Kindle.

Yes, I am aware. I’ve always had page numbers in my KFX books. I have it set up to get the page numbers from Goodreads. I don’t have PDOC set because I don’t want my books being documents. If I wanted that I’d just use Send to Kindle. I don’t need to reconvert everything. I only convert as I need to. My library is mostly ePub. I don’t convert everything at once because I may not have a Kindle by the time I get to any a particular book.

What I don’t have is series, title, and series number in the title like I do with my 11th Gen PW SE. For some reason the filename itself has the series, title, and series number but that’s not actually showing up on the Colorsoft. I see that it’s there with OpenMTP.

[Shaardvark]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Yeah as I suspected amazon have deliberately nuked the workaround. they are trying to discourage their users from side loading little by little. It's been going on for years.

Many of us, having used Kindles with Calibre for years, know and appreciate all you've done. One word from you indicating that you believe a solution to the color cover (for MOBI conversions) loading issue is possible will keep many from panicking and abandoning their Colorsofts prematurely. A lot of us have been here before with you and have faith...

[JSWolf]

For books that have a cover, where are the cover stored? Can't someone dive into the device on Windows and find where the covers are?