Can I get a .mobi file to open on the cover image?

Todd Young · 01-16-2012, 11:40 PM

I'm not very technically proficient. I can (just) convert a file to .mobi on Calibre, and I can add the cover.

The problem is that when I open the .mobi file on my Kindle it doesn't open at the cover. This really annoys me, and the only way I've figured to get around it is by adding the cover to the file, but then it doesn't come out full-sized.

Is there some way I can tell Calibre to open the .mobi at the cover, or, alternatively, make the cover full-sized in the word .doc before I convert it to html.

DiapDealer · 01-17-2012, 09:50 AM

You can get a mobi to open to a page that has the cover image in it. But as you've discovered, that doesn't result in a full screen representation of the image (the image that's part of the metadata) on a Kindle.

You simply can't make a mobi that will open to the full screen (metadata embedded) cover image on a Kindle (the older ones anyway... that might change for the newer devices). That's a limitation of the reader software on the Kindle, not the mobi format itself. So nothing calibre could do can "fix" it.

Todd Young · 01-17-2012, 03:25 PM

Thanks.

01-16-2012, 11:40 PM	#1
Todd Young Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 1004164 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle 2	Can I get a .mobi file to open on the cover image? I'm not very technically proficient. I can (just) convert a file to .mobi on Calibre, and I can add the cover. The problem is that when I open the .mobi file on my Kindle it doesn't open at the cover. This really annoys me, and the only way I've figured to get around it is by adding the cover to the file, but then it doesn't come out full-sized. Is there some way I can tell Calibre to open the .mobi at the cover, or, alternatively, make the cover full-sized in the word .doc before I convert it to html.

01-17-2012, 09:50 AM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,040 Karma: 199464182 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	You can get a mobi to open to a page that has the cover image in it. But as you've discovered, that doesn't result in a full screen representation of the image (the image that's part of the metadata) on a Kindle. You simply can't make a mobi that will open to the full screen (metadata embedded) cover image on a Kindle (the older ones anyway... that might change for the newer devices). That's a limitation of the reader software on the Kindle, not the mobi format itself. So nothing calibre could do can "fix" it. Last edited by DiapDealer; 01-17-2012 at 10:01 AM.

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01-17-2012, 03:25 PM	#3
Todd Young Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 1004164 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle 2	Thanks.

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