Kindle Oasis Thumbnail Not Showing

[Vivek Sharma]

I followed the instructions on the website, and uploaded the .azw3 file to my device's "documents" folder and the corresponding thumbnail to my device's "thumbnail" folder, which is found under the "system" folder. I made sure to upload the .azw3 file before the thumbnail, and then ejected my Kindle though the Windows System Tray. For a brief second I saw the e-book with the correct thumbnail, then the e-Ink refreshed and the cover was gone, to leave a blank, coverless e-book. I repeated this with other Standard Ebooks to get the exact same results. Is there something that I didn't do correctly or is this just a Kindle issue?

[Vivek Sharma]

I apologize for any inconvenience this inquiry may have caused you, I am not very familiar with uploading third-party e-books to Kindle e-readers and it doesn't seem that Amazon is trying to make that any easier.

[Alex Cabal]

Unfortunately I can't be of much more help, sorry. Kindle's software is
notoriously bad, and while it's not often a helpful recommendation I
always suggest to people to spend their money on a better brand of
ereader. Maye someone else on the list has some insights.

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[François Grandjean]

Looks like the same problem that’s been plaguing other Kindle devices.

Thankfully, Calibre can fix that on-the-fly for you. It is also a great way to manage your ebook library and move them around your devices. You may want to remove the files that you installed manually and do everything through Calibre to make sure it works.

1. Install Calibre and add the book to your Calibre library.

2. Move the book to your device with Calibre.

3.Disconnect your device. The book should appear in your Kindle library and lose its cover when it connects to internet.

4. Connect your Kindle back with Calibre still open and it should apply the fix.

5. You can disconnect your device and the cover should, hopefully, be there as normal.

And Bob’s your uncle!

[Vivek Sharma]

Thanks for your help, doing exactly what you said and doing everything through Calibre worked, and the books are there with their corresponding covers.

[Vivek Sharma]

Which brand is better Kobo or Nook?

[David Grigg]

I'm a big fan of the Kobo H2O (supposed to be waterproof but I've never tried it). Hardware page turn buttons are essential in my view.

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[Vince]

The Kobo site shows that the H2O is sold out, but the Libra 2 appears to be essentially the same but with four times the storage for $10 more. (It’s also “waterproof,” i.e. IPX8.)

[David Grigg]

Yeah, if I was buying now that's probably what I could go for.

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[Phillippe de Poisson]

I can't comment about the Nook but I've got a Kobo libra 2 (the later version to the h20, I guess, $10 more in Australia). 7" screen is nice for my older eyes. These take ordinary EPub books which to me is one of the main benefits. It has a USB-C port. They also allow you to borrow books through overdrive.com in a number of countries, though they actually filter search results in overdrive so that you can only borrow books that are also sold by kobo as well (mainly this prevents you from borrowing some rarer public domain books and is morally sus) - of course you can just borrow the pub domain books off the overdrive website and then upload to the reader. They have a nice but too expensive cover that folds into a prop that works both landscape and portrait. 

I have the same issue with not seeing the covers of SE books on it (kepub or plain epub no difference) - I haven't gotten around to investigating what the problem is. 

Compared with a kindle (10th gen): no ads on the kobo, easier to go between pages, faster (but still goes too slowly resolving pages in large PDF books, the kindle just hangs with them), the menus and generally finding stuff is *much* better,  the text appears a bit cleaner and you don't have to buy anything from Amazon.

And yes, Calibre is fantastic.