From 24afcc621e2204850d2d1ee4f9fe6cd7d8255707 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:00:02 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/utils.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/utils.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/utils.py
index 2951931e30..3a9cf1c0ba 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/utils.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/utils.py
@@ -366,8 +366,11 @@ def to_base(num, base=32):
 def mobify_image(data):
     'Convert PNG images to GIF as the idiotic Kindle cannot display some PNG'
     what = imghdr.what(None, data)
+
     if what == 'png':
-        data = save_cover_data_to(data, 'img.gif', return_data=True)
+        im = Image()
+        im.load(data)
+        data = im.export('gif')
     return data