How do I show my desired cover?

SampleAndy · 06-11-2013, 12:06 PM

I posted this in the Fire subforum a couple weeks ago and got a lot of reads, but no responses. Maybe I could get some help here?

I have a little problem that's just irritating the heck out of me... Although the cover in calibre shows the desired cover, and calibre shows that cover on the book, and my Paperwhite shows the correct cover, on my Kindle Fire, it shows the current cover from Amazon.

four similar and one odd covers

Is there a way to show the desired cover instead of the orange one? I've tried deleting the book, turning off the wireless and pushing the book to the Fire again, but I still get the same results. Is the Amazon cover being cached somewhere?

Thanks,
Andy

kovidgoyal · 06-11-2013, 12:12 PM

Remove the asin from the mobi file metadata then amaon wont be able to download a cover for it. One way to acheive that is to do a mobi to mobi conversion in calibre. But be aware of this: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....droid-ipad-etc

SampleAndy · 06-11-2013, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Remove the asin from the mobi file metadata then amaon wont be able to download a cover for it. ...

kovid, thanks for answering, but... I'd like to understand.

If wifi is off, how is Amazon downloading the cover? Would it download a cover later, after the book was already in place? The only time I turn wifi on is to download an app or watch a movie.

kovidgoyal · 06-11-2013, 10:09 PM

If you are getting a cover that is not in the book, then it has to come from somewhere else, it cannot magically appear out of thin air

Which means it is being downloaded.

BetterRed · 06-11-2013, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

it cannot magically appear out of thin air

Only the printers of currencies can do that - Bernanke, Draghi, King all went to MIT

SampleAndy · 06-11-2013, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

If you are getting a cover that is not in the book, then it has to come from somewhere else, it cannot magically appear out of thin air

Which means it is being downloaded.

Sounds logical, but the air here's been a little on the thick side lately. I'll give it one more try tomorrow, carefully.

Thanks.

Sabardeyn · 06-12-2013, 05:41 PM

Not sure it's relevant, but you might be encountering something similar...

Within Window's Music/Media Center, any newly added music will get flagged to download metadata (artist, album, song name, etc). If an internet connection is not immediately available, the flag remains and any metadata will download at a later opportunity without further user effort.

Perhaps the Kindle does something similar. If it finds an asin within the ebook metadata it flags the download process and keeps it pending until fulfilled. Kindle might internally prefer these "official" covers over other possibilities - ignoring other cover images and settings.

Which is probably why removing the asin is required to get around the problem.

kovidgoyal · 06-12-2013, 09:32 PM

Indeed a little while ago amazon started changing all its firmware to use the "official" covers for books with something in their ASIN fields. The stupid thing is that even if that something is not a valid asin and the software cannot find an official cover, it then refuses to fallback to the cover in the book. Sometimes, I think Amazon must employ monkeys to write their software.

JSWolf · 06-12-2013, 10:03 PM

One other solution... keep the wifi and/or 3g off and just side load via Calibre.

Sabardeyn · 06-12-2013, 11:27 PM

Unfortunately, monkeys are endemic to more than just the software sector of big business.

06-11-2013, 12:06 PM	#1
SampleAndy Addict Posts: 267 Karma: 644344 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Device: KPW, KFire HD, KFire, KTD 3g, KT, K4B, K4S, K3g, K3g SO, K2, K1	How do I show my desired cover? I posted this in the Fire subforum a couple weeks ago and got a lot of reads, but no responses. Maybe I could get some help here? I have a little problem that's just irritating the heck out of me... Although the cover in calibre shows the desired cover, and calibre shows that cover on the book, and my Paperwhite shows the correct cover, on my Kindle Fire, it shows the current cover from Amazon. four similar and one odd covers Is there a way to show the desired cover instead of the orange one? I've tried deleting the book, turning off the wireless and pushing the book to the Fire again, but I still get the same results. Is the Amazon cover being cached somewhere? Thanks, Andy

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 31,298 Karma: 8154029 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Remove the asin from the mobi file metadata then amaon wont be able to download a cover for it. One way to acheive that is to do a mobi to mobi conversion in calibre. But be aware of this: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....droid-ipad-etc

06-11-2013, 10:09 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 31,298 Karma: 8154029 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you are getting a cover that is not in the book, then it has to come from somewhere else, it cannot magically appear out of thin air Which means it is being downloaded.

06-12-2013, 05:41 PM	#7
Sabardeyn Guru Posts: 644 Karma: 1242364 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Right Coast Device: PC (Calibre), Nexus 7 2013 (Moon+ Pro), HTC HD2/Leo (Freda)	Not sure it's relevant, but you might be encountering something similar... Within Window's Music/Media Center, any newly added music will get flagged to download metadata (artist, album, song name, etc). If an internet connection is not immediately available, the flag remains and any metadata will download at a later opportunity without further user effort. Perhaps the Kindle does something similar. If it finds an asin within the ebook metadata it flags the download process and keeps it pending until fulfilled. Kindle might internally prefer these "official" covers over other possibilities - ignoring other cover images and settings. Which is probably why removing the asin is required to get around the problem.

06-12-2013, 09:32 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 31,298 Karma: 8154029 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Indeed a little while ago amazon started changing all its firmware to use the "official" covers for books with something in their ASIN fields. The stupid thing is that even if that something is not a valid asin and the software cannot find an official cover, it then refuses to fallback to the cover in the book. Sometimes, I think Amazon must employ monkeys to write their software.

06-12-2013, 10:03 PM	#9
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 48,568 Karma: 39003673 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Aura H2O, Sony PRS-650, Sony PRS-T1, nook STR, iPad 4, iPhone 5	One other solution... keep the wifi and/or 3g off and just side load via Calibre.

06-12-2013, 11:27 PM	#10
Sabardeyn Guru Posts: 644 Karma: 1242364 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Right Coast Device: PC (Calibre), Nexus 7 2013 (Moon+ Pro), HTC HD2/Leo (Freda)	Unfortunately, monkeys are endemic to more than just the software sector of big business.

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