Amazon-Cover-Bug folder makes book covers disappear
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Bug Description
Calibre: 4.17 64bit
Windows: 10 Home
Kindle Device: Paperwhite 4 (2019)
Kindle Firmware: 5.12.4
I recently noticed that when I sideload books from Calibre to my Kindle (i.e. connect Kindle by USB and select "send to device" in Calibre), my book covers would appear on my Kindle for a second or two and then disappear, to be replaced by a generic rectangle with the book title on it.
I then noticed that it was only happening with recent books. The ones I sideloaded a year or two ago had their covers showing up just fine. When I poked around, I found that when I sideload from Calibre, Calibre creates a folder on my Kindle called "amazon-cover-bug", and it stores thumbnails of the books I've just sent to my device. If I simply delete that folder from my Kindle files, my book covers immediately reappear on my Kindle, and everything works as it should.
The reason I'm submitting this as a bug is because the folder is re-created every time I sideload another batch of books, and I have to re-delete it for my book covers to appear in grid view on my Kindle. I've searched around Reddit and the web, and a lot of people are having this same problem. They've tried removing the ASIN, adding the ASIN, using the Polish tool, checking JS+, and nothing seems to work well for everyone. Many of them just suggest converting AZW3s to Mobi and then emailing the Mobi files to their Kindle email address. And that's fine if you don't mind losing the AZW3 features and don't have Calibre set to include the series name, etc in the book title when it sends books to Kindle.
I guess what I'm proposing is that you remove whatever is creating the "amazon-cover-bug" folder and the thumbnails in it. Or do whatever is needed so that it doesn't cause our covers to disappear. If that's not possible, then giving users a setting option, so we can choose yes/no whether we want that folder to be created, would be awesome. I know I would just turn it off, so I can keep using all the awesomeness Calibre allows and still be able to see my book covers on Kindle.
See https:/ /manual. calibre- ebook.com/ faq.html# covers- for-books- i-send- to-my-e- ink-kindle- show-up- momentarily- and-then- are-replaced- by-a-generic- cover
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