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+title: Adding thumbnails to local kindle file from standard ebooks
+date: 2024-04-10
+description: 
+tags:
+  - using-software
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+---
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+Standard Ebooks provides well-formatted ebooks of works that have entered the public domain, for free. This is typically (in the US) 70 years after the author's death. 
+
+For locally opened `.azw3` files used for Kindle, the book and thumbnail must be added manually to the connected device. 
+1. Connect the Kindle
+2. Drag the `.azw3` file into the `(device)/Documents` folder
+3. Drag and drop the thumbnail file (provided by Standard Ebooks) into `(device)/System/thumbnails` 
+4. Eject the Kindle and you should see the book with your thumbnail
+
+> [!TIP] 
+> Note that `System` will be a hidden folder within the Kindle device
+
+> [!CAUTION] 
+> This book and any highlights will only be available locally, so you won't see this in the Kindle app and the highlights won't appear in the cloud - only in the local `Clippings.txt` file. 
+
+> [!CAUTION]
+> Do **not** open .`azw3` file directly on the computer, as it will appear in the _computer's_ local books, **not** on the Kindle's. 
+> 
+> 
+> | Incorrect (local to computer)                                     | Correct (local to kindle)     |
+> | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
+> | ![](attachments/Screenshot%202024-04-10%20at%2011.29.03%20AM.png) | ![](attachments/IMG_8799.jpg) |
+> 
+
+Source - https://standardebooks.org/help/how-to-use-our-ebooks#kindle-method-1