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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
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@edr: The existence of the amazon-cover-bug folder is not enough, after sending the file you have to disconnect, let the kindle blank the cover, the reconnect. Witht hat it should work (and does for me). And yes Amazon is pretty evil, they havebeen gradually making sideloading less and less attractive over th eyears hoping no one will noticeif they do it slowly enough
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Hi Kovid, what do you think about the possibility to automate the entire process and in particular these steps
"...after sending the file you have to disconnect, let the kindle blank the cover, the reconnect..." ? I know that the problem is caused by Amazon because
it's pretty evil but in this way it would be more simple for a standar user
In a possibile solution Calibre:
- checks if the Kindle is in airplane mode. If yes it alerts the user to connect it to wifi. If it's not possibile to do this check it would be useful a simple message...
- sends the ebook via USB with cover informations
- ejects the device "via software"
- waits that Amazon replaces the cover by a generic cover
- reconnects the device always "via software"
- fixs the cover thumbnail
- produces a little "bip" or a message to inform the user thar the process is complete
Stefano