Thumbnails On Kindle Paperwhite

Gill_110 · 05-02-2016, 11:36 AM

Hello

When I sideload ebooks, although they have a cover, the cover won't display on the Kindle Paperwhite. All I get's a standard Kindle blank thumbnail with the name of the book. I load booked as AZW format. Please can someone advise me as to how I can make the ebook cover appear and not a blank thumbnail. Many thanks.

eschwartz · 05-03-2016, 06:23 PM

Did you use calibre's Send-to-Device, or did you copy via the File Browser? You should be using Send-to-Device.
There is no such thing as AZW, although that is commonly used when people really mean MOBI. Are you sideloading MOBI files, or AZW3? When converting from EPUB, it is preferable to convert to the newer and improved AZW3 rather than the legacy MOBI format.
Does the book show up on the Kindle as a Personal Document rather than a regular book?

When using Send-to-Device calibre will sideload the thumbnail together with the book, in addition to embedding the current calibre metadata (including cover images) inside the sideloaded AZW3.

Gill_110 · 05-07-2016, 04:32 AM

Thank you so much for your help. Have used Send to Device for my books and now the thumbnails appear. Got my Kindle Paperwhite last year and enjoy the thumbnail feature so was not happy when a blank cover showed. Thank you again!!!

eschwartz · 05-08-2016, 01:48 AM

Happy to help.

05-02-2016, 11:36 AM	#1
Gill_110 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2016 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Thumbnails On Kindle Paperwhite Hello When I sideload ebooks, although they have a cover, the cover won't display on the Kindle Paperwhite. All I get's a standard Kindle blank thumbnail with the name of the book. I load booked as AZW format. Please can someone advise me as to how I can make the ebook cover appear and not a blank thumbnail. Many thanks.

05-03-2016, 06:23 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Did you use calibre's Send-to-Device, or did you copy via the File Browser? You should be using Send-to-Device. There is no such thing as AZW, although that is commonly used when people really mean MOBI. Are you sideloading MOBI files, or AZW3? When converting from EPUB, it is preferable to convert to the newer and improved AZW3 rather than the legacy MOBI format. Does the book show up on the Kindle as a Personal Document rather than a regular book? When using Send-to-Device calibre will sideload the thumbnail together with the book, in addition to embedding the current calibre metadata (including cover images) inside the sideloaded AZW3. Last edited by eschwartz; 05-03-2016 at 06:26 PM.

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05-07-2016, 04:32 AM	#3
Gill_110 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2016 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Thank you so much for your help. Have used Send to Device for my books and now the thumbnails appear. Got my Kindle Paperwhite last year and enjoy the thumbnail feature so was not happy when a blank cover showed. Thank you again!!!

05-08-2016, 01:48 AM	#4
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Happy to help.

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