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Publishing to Amazon: Questions About Conversion

February 4, 2014, 7:12 am
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I've read through the forum quite a lot and definitely learned a lot in the process. I have some questions that I am not totally sure about, though.

I wrote my e-book (it's an e-cookbook) in Sigil and did the TOC in there as well. Then I turned it over to calibre to embed the font family, cover, and some extra metadata.

When I put my book into KindlePreviewer to convert it into a mobi, it spits out a book that's double the size. No problem, the source is in there. I used KindleStrip to strip the source out and there we go - I'm just below the cap.

Now, my questions?

When I convert over from epub to .mobi, some problems occur. I read on an old thread that the page numbers don't convert over from epub to mobi - instead they're called sections. Is there any way to fix these "sections" so that they properly display as page numbers?

When I convert over, another problem happens. As I read through the book to do a final proofread, I notice that the images are switched around. Some images for for the recipes are getting switched around. For example if I had Thai Peanut Chicken, it might be showing Raspberry Cheesecake instead. Normally it is offset by 1 image forward.

The last thing is the cover. When I do a final copy in Calibre, should I be attaching a cover? I'm still pretty unclear about it. From what I read, Amazon will attach the cover for you and that can result in 2 covers - but I have not uploaded to KDP yet and am still unsure if I need to do it. If I don't, a screenshot of the table of contents gets inserted as the cover in Calibre.

I really appreciate all the helpful people here, and I really appreciate any replies in advanced. I wanted to try to get all of my questions in 1 thread, so sorry for the long post.
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Reader for Mac/PC problem

February 4, 2014, 2:29 pm
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Hello, everyone. I'm hoping someone here can help me with this.

I have a book with chapters that start with illuminated letters and a paragraph of hand-drawn text that has been scanned in as a complete illustration.

For each letter, there's a "tail" that extends below the hand-drawn text for several lines into the set text.

In the print edition, the set text begins below the paragraph of hand-drawn text and wraps around this tail in a sort of sideways "L" shape.

Using the code below, I've got this working in iBooks and for KF8 (using Kindle Previewer), regardless of text size.

On Kindle Reader for Mac, however, you can change the width of the screen and the number of words per line. This means:

1. When you increase the number of words per line past a certain amount, the text begins to move up over the image of the capital. At its widest, it nearly reaches the top of the page.

2. Similarly, the vertical position of the text relative to the "tail" changes.

Is there any way to set this up so that it works in Kindle Reader for Mac/PC and for mobile devices?

Thanks in advance! This forum is the greatest!


Code:
...
        <style type="text/css" media="not amzn-mobi">
                div.capital {
                        float:left;
                        margin-bottom:-45%;
                        margin-right: 100%;
                        margin-left: 5%;
                        max-width: 100%;
                }
                span.spacer {
                        float: left;
                        max-width: 100%;
                        height: 0em;
                        margin-right: 20%;
                        margin-bottom: 33%;
                }
        </style>
...
        <body id="Dilemma" xml:lang="en-US">
<div style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
<div class="capital">
<img style="max-width:100%;height:100%;" src="image/Sideways-L_fmt.png" alt="Sideways L" />
</div>
<p class="p">
<span class="spacer">
<img src="image/spacer.gif" alt="spacer" />
</span>
Lorem ipsum ...</p>
</div>
<div>
                        <p class="p">Lorem ipsum ...</p>

Attached Files
File Type: epub Dilemma.epub (16.5 KB)
File Type: mobi Dilemma_2014-02-04_17-19-48.mobi (336.6 KB)
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Chinese Dictionaries from Amazon

February 7, 2014, 3:28 pm
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I have had a Paperwhite for some time now, and an I-phone both of which I have some of my e books on.

Recently acquired a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mobile 'phone and spent quite a while attempting to put some books onto it.

Eventually managed it, but, in my Amazon Account and on the Samsung I now have Chinese dictionaries which Amazon say I cannot remove? and certainly they will not go from either the Amazon Library or the Device (Samsung).

Are there any suggestions out there, or am I stuck with them for life?, if so, can I at least 'hide' them.
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Page Numbers - Kindle

February 9, 2014, 4:51 pm
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When I create and open the Sigil ebook in Kindle Fire Previewer, It automatically starts on the third page, which is actually showing as page 17. How do I get it to start on the cover page?

For some reason it skips pages ...
-page 3 is shown as 17,
-page 4 is shown as 32

and so on.

I'm hoping it's a simple fix with my format or html???

I'm not looking to chit chat, just a solution please .
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NEED Help! tagging

February 11, 2014, 3:00 am
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Hi,

Anyone here knows any program where I can do automation for <idx:entry> tagging.

I have 4000 word entries to tag and Its crazy to tagged it manually.

From this code:
<p class="rev"><span class="textStyle12">aluminum</span> <span class="textStyle25">알루미늄</span> <span class="textStyle13">441</span></p>

<p class="rev"><span class="textStyle12">apartment</span> <span class="textStyle25">아파트</span> <span class="textStyle13">430</span></p>


I want to do like this:
<idx:entry>
<p class="rev"><span class="textStyle12"><idx:orth>aluminum</idx:orth></span> <span class="textStyle25">알루미늄</span> <span class="textStyle13">441</span></p>
<idx:key key="aluminum">
</idx:entry>
<idx:entry>
<p class="rev"><span class="textStyle12"><idx:orth>apartment</idx:orth></span> <span class="textStyle25">아파트</span> <span class="textStyle13">430</span></p>
<idx:key key="apartment">
</idx:entry>
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Amazon Samples

February 14, 2014, 1:18 am
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File size for kindle..delivery charge

February 19, 2014, 11:20 pm
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Hi All
I have an epub of about 8MB, which I convert to .mobi by kindlegen. In the terminal message generated by kindlegen it says 'approximate KF8 deliverable file size 7708 KB'. Is this the size that the amazon delivery charge (10 p per MB where I am in the UK) will be based on?
It seems that it should be but I ask because the .mobi file that kindlegen produces in this process (which I side load to my kindle for proofing) is 16.6MB.
Thanks in advance
peter
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Need Help Epub To MOBI

February 23, 2014, 1:50 am
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Hi,
I have Epub file with Social DRM on it.
I am trying to convart the file to mobi with Kindle Previewer, but I get this massage:

************************************************** ***********
Amazon kindlegen(Windows) V2.9 build 0731-890adc2
A command line e-book compiler
Copyright Amazon.com and its Affiliates 2013
************************************************** ***********

Info:I9026:option: (hidden) amazon creator tool or pipeline

Info:I9014:option: -verbose: Verbose output

Info(prcgen):I1048: Unpacking ePub file

Error(xmlmake):E27012: Item or process id already used: css



Any one Can help PLS?

THX
N.
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Create mobi file with notes.

February 23, 2014, 9:15 am
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Hi! What I would like to do is to create a Mobi file, where certain words (determined by a python script or something) have a note attached to them, to aid in language learning.

Is this doable, and if so, does tools that can do this exist?

Thanks!
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Kindle fixed layout file size too big

February 25, 2014, 9:30 am
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I'm working on a Kindle Fixed Layout for someone, I have the pages as images cropped and dropped in html pages. The .mobi is supposed to be 323 pages but I did a draft of 150 pages and the file is already 47.3mb.

I'm aware on how to make files smaller but this is not an option as the images are the entire page and any smaller compression will make the images blurry.

So my only option is to split the book into part ONE and part TWO. SO I need to know when the client goes to unload both books is there a way for customers to buy both books at once?

I'm sure I'm not the only one that has had this problem before/

Anyone?
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Please Help Me Test My File

February 23, 2014, 8:33 pm
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I'm developing ebooks in Bangla, an Indic language not supported by Kindle. (Jeez, I don't know how many threads I have on this topic!). I've embedded the font and generated a test file which is attached.

The problem is that my newer Kindle Fire HD (the one with the front camera) displays the font correctly while my old Kindle Fire (2011) does not. At this point, I think I need to find out which devices do or don't render the embedded font correctly before I start looking at workarounds...

Could you please help me out by opening the test file on your Kindle and posting a screenshot here? Also, I'll need to know which device you're using. The idea is to test the file on all Fire variants including different generations of the same variant.

:thanks:

Attached Files
File Type: mobi chuti.mobi (1.44 MB)
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Why won't image resize when in Kindle DX

February 27, 2014, 4:06 am
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Hi there,
Not sure if this has been discussed before. I did have a look through many threads but couldn't find anything.
I have one problem in that i use an image as a scene break in my book which i scale using css like this.
.scene {
height: auto;
width: 8%
}
This works perfectly for all kindle except Kindle and kindle dx. where it displays the image in it's actual size.
Is there a reason why this happens? Does kindle dx not like the css?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
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Kindle for Android Phone

February 27, 2014, 7:36 pm
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Hi!!
I have an android phone with the Kindle app. I down loaded some books and graphic novels. I tried to move them over to my kindle for PC, but i get a message that they are invalid file types... especially on the graphic novels.
I am wondering if there is a way or a pathc to get these files to my Kindle for pc, since they are coded for my phone, so I can read them and possible run them through Calibre and put them on my Nook.

The de-drm programs I tried all asked for my Kindle Serial, Pid and another code. If you know where to find these, can you please tell me that too.

Thanks... this drm holding your book to you device is frustrated.
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A bit of css help for a Kindle Fixed template

February 28, 2014, 10:32 am
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I have a nice Kindle Fixed Template, I created a .mobi file using images of a pdf converted to jpgs for the pages. reason was the InDesign file used 10 different fonts and I needed the layout to look exactly the same.

Got it to look and work fine.

Now on certain pages I need to have live links so I did a little css and have embedded ONE font I know Kindle will display for these links. I just need to know how I can use this css page with the links ( I have one other css page that does not have links) as I will now add the re designed images where the link font is left blank so I can place the links where they were directly on the page using html and css.

There are 50 pages in the book and 10 of them have links. I thought of doing the following:

Page 1 have paragraph1 2 and 3 as <divs> create the css for those

then on lets say page 9 I have more links which go in different spots on page 9 so call those divs xxxname create css for this and so on.

Is this the correct way or is there another method?

See the screen shots

Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version Name: KindleFixedtestpageWlinks.jpg Views: N/A Size: 48.8 KB ID: 119709   Click image for larger version Name: KindleFixedtestpageWOUT.jpg Views: N/A Size: 110.4 KB ID: 119710  
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Newbie questions

March 3, 2014, 2:12 pm
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I have a book in docx format. I converted it to PDF. I've tried to convert it to MOBI and while it works, sort of, it's not good. Perhaps the converter I used are defective or old or my format isn't suitable. I have drop caps which end up appearing in the middle of the page and the font has changed.

Can Kindle viewers read PDF? Is there a downside? If there's a tutorial on this, please let me know.

Thanks.
RON
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Upload to KDP

March 5, 2014, 12:09 am
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My book is now almost finished.....thanks to all on this forum who have helped along the way.

I have some questions on the upload to KDP process.

1. When I convert the .epub file to .mobi using kindlegen ( to proof the book on a kindle) I get the message

'Info(prcgen):I1052: Kindle support cover images but does not support cover HTML. Hence using the cover image specified and suppressing cover HTML in content. URL: /var/folders/n0/ds9ndtc91b1_x33byqs4v2qh0000gn/T/mobi-LasF7g/OEBPS/Text/cover.xhtml

As the upload process asks for a cover image in a step separate to the upload of the book file, I though I would just delete the cover.xhtml from the final draft before uploading, so no there would be problem with cover html or possibility of two covers...is this the correct approach?

2. There is also a message from Kindlegen

'Info(pagemap):I8000: No Page map found in the book

Is this important? What is a page map?

3. KDP gives the option of uploading as a .epub or .mobi file. Is there any advantage to using one or the other?

Peter
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Baskerville Font not appearing on Kindle e-ink

March 13, 2014, 4:08 am
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I wonder if anyone can help with this anomaly on embedded fonts. I have embedded a number of fonts including Baskerville into an ebook. All the fonts appear fine on the epub version and also with the mobi version on a kindle fire. But on an e-ink kindle the Baskerville font appears as strange hieroglyphics. The other embedded fonts appear as they should. When I to turn off publishers fonts on the the e-ink device, all the text appears normally in the default font - indicating the problems with Baskerville.

For some reason the Baskerville font is not working on the e-ink devices. the font I am using is a free version of Baskerville from Google Fonts. I would be grateful if anyone could advise as to what might be happening and offer a possible solution.
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Problems with Covers on eBooks & Kindle

March 13, 2014, 3:42 pm
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Apologies if this has been addressed already. I searched and found people having one of these problems, but not all of them together.

I exported an epub file from InDesign, then cleaned it up in Sigil (removing the 203 cover InDesign creates and streamlining the CSS).

Right now, the epub looks perfect in Nook, Adobe Digital Editions, Calibre, and when using the Firefox Epubreader extension. The book opens to the front cover, and the TOC lists the cover as the first item.

However, in iBooks and in the .mobi file created by the Kindle Previewer, the book opens to the title page and does not list the cover in the TOC.

I know this is a small thing most readers won't notice, but I want it to look the way I want it to look! At the very least, I'd like to understand why it's behaving this way.

Thanks in advance for all assistance.
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Conflict between regular links and Kindle's new inline footnote feature

March 19, 2014, 9:52 am
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The 5.44 software update for the Kindle PW (1st gen) has a nice new inline footnote feature: by tapping the footnote link it allows you to read the complete footnote text inline without changing the page or losing your place in the book.

In editing my books with Calibre Editor or Sigil, my preference is to use Sigil's or Editor's TOC tool to create an inline General TOC (higher headings tabs such as level 1 or 2) at the beginning of the book and then a Detailed TOC (all headings) at the end of the book.

At the headings of each of these two TOCS I place a link to each other: the GTOC heading links to the DTOC page and vice versa. I also put a link at each Part/Section/Chapter heading in the text directing it to its corresponding detailed contents on the DTOC at the end of the book.

Now, when one taps these regular links the new footnote feature appears, which defeats the purpose of these links. Is there anything one can do at the CSS level or somewhere else to modify this behavior, or maybe I'm too inexperienced to figure it out, or Amazon screwed up! The new footnote feature seems great but it should apply to footnotes only and not to regular links.

I hope I'm making sense. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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Media Queries for images as dropcaps in Kindle DX

March 22, 2014, 11:53 am
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You can insert images as dropcaps in KF8, and float the text around it. I have just realised that it is not only Kindles 1 and 2 that don't support KF8 but the much more recent Kindle DX as well. So my question is: is there a way to use media queries to be able to make the images appear as dropcaps in KF8 and for a large letter to replace the images in mobi devices?

I know you can use media queries for different formatting of text but what about determining whether div tags containing images appear or not, and replacing them with a large first letter?

I have a related query about Small Caps. According to Kindle Previewer, small caps don't appear on mobi devices such as the DX - the text just appears as lowercase and upper case. Is this correct, or just a shortcomings of previewer?
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