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SVG images

August 24, 2018, 4:58 am
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I want to place images between paragraphs in a chapter, at maximum size that fits on one page without distortion..

I've been using the Sigil plugin "InsertImageSVG" that makes a page showing an image like that.

I use the plugin to make the code and then copy it to the text page.

This works well for images in portrait mode--but if it's landscape, if I converted it to AZW, on Kindle it was in the middle of an otherwise blank page. But portrait images could have text on the page.
However, it was fine in either case if I loaded the epub to iBooks, landscape images could have text on the page.

The code for an image 1231 wide x 913 high:
Code:
<div>
    <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100%" width="100%" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 400 296" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
    <image width="400" height="296" xlink:href="../Images/A08.gif"/>
    </svg>
</div>
For landscape images I can do
Code:
<div class="breakavoid">
    <img class="wid100" alt="A08" src="../Images/A08.gif"/>
</div>

div.breakavoid {page-break-inside: avoid;}
img.wid100 {width: 100%; margin: 0.5em 0;}

But ideally I would like code that works for both landscape or portrait images; and if the reader, is in landscape or portrait mode, in epub or AZW.

Is that possible?
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Extending images to edges of screen (bleed) using Kindle Create

August 24, 2018, 12:24 pm
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Amazon has released a new version of their Kindle Create program (1.12) with the ability to place images beyond the normal margins, out to the edge of the screen. It is documentated on the Building Your Text-Heavy eBook with Kindle Create web page under "Adding and changing images":

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Bleed: Extending images to the edge of the page or screen is called "bleed"; select whether your full-size image should do this. You can experiment with both options to see what feels right for your book. (This pre-release option is only displayed if the image size is Full; see Note above):

* By default, the image position is set to Place within margin.

* If you want the image to extend past the left and right margins, choose Place to edge.
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Kindle won't show mobi files

September 1, 2018, 10:26 am
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Hello everyone,
I have Kindle paperwhite and when I try to send mobi files using Calibre, I can't see them on the Kindle. I can send pdf, but not mobi. When I click "Device" on Calibre, it show that the mobi file is there, but it's 0.0 size. Can you help me? Thank you in advance.
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Help with KFX files, please

September 1, 2018, 12:42 pm
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First post- and apologies - I've tried to make my way around these KFX files, to no avail.
I have a Fire 7, which I use mainly as a reader. I have Calibre 3.30.0. , in which I keep my books. For amazon.ca books, I use the Kindle for Mac to keep books in til I get them into calibre. I then add them to the Fire as wanted.
I have installed in calibre the DRM tools 6.5.5 from Alf. I've downloaded the 6.6.1 version, but I can't figure out how to get it onto calibre.
I have the new version of KFX input 1.8.0 installed on calibre.

I've shut down calibre, reopened, and tried to add a kindle book, but it won't open.
I Think the problem is the DRM 6.5.5 (?) ...if so Please tell me how to install the new version. I have it in my downloads, but can't see where it wants to be on calibre. I have read the Read me, but something isn't clicking !!
Thanks for any and all help.
Pam
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Trying to make a thumbnail cover appear on kindle

September 13, 2018, 8:11 am
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Hi there. I'm developing a ebook using Sigil that'll be converted to a MOBI at the end.

I'm trying to add a cover to the epub in a way that shows as a thumbnail in Kindle library. I've tried many methods editing and adding data to content.opf ( as described in Kindle Publishing Guidelines), with no success at all.

First, I though that was a problem in the conversion of epub to MOBI (I was using the Kindle Previewer). So, i've tried to change to Kindlegen, but the result keep appearing on the Kindle as it doesn't have a cover image to thumbnail display.

When I use Calibre to convert the epub, the thumbnail cover looks fine, but Calibre mess with all my CSS.

So, there's a way that I can make this work?
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AZK book overwrites another one after sideloading

September 19, 2018, 1:07 am
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I have three kindle files
I have DRMed them using Calibre 3.31.0 for mac with DeDRM Tools 6.6.1
I have exported the resulting azw3 using Kindle Previewer 3.27 to AZK files
I sideload AZK files to my Kindle for iPad using iTunes
Books appears successfully on Kindle for iPad but with one problem; each book overwrites the other one. An important note is that all three books are from the same publisher
Other books from other publishers appears without any issues
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text-align: initial; -- ??

September 28, 2018, 1:08 am
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I was restyling an epub3 file and wanted to change the text alignment.

So just did
p{ text-align:justify;}

Viewing the epub, it's justified.

Converted to AZW3 using Kindlegen, the text is left justified on my PW3.
Cannot be changed.
Hair-pulling ensues.

I used the Calibre viewer on the AZW3 and its inspector shows me that
text-align: initial;
is having an effect.
I find that at the end of the css, in media queries:

Code:
@media amzn-kf8 {
    body {
            margin-left: 0.00em;
            margin-right: 0.00em;
            text-indent: 0.00em;
    }
    p { /*new  requirements for device adjustable line spacing*/
        text-align: initial;
    }
So I can just delete this.
But why is it here?
The comment states it's necessary for linespacing, but I can adjust linespacing in Kindle regardless on any azw I have.

What does "initial" mean anyway?
Where is the "initial justification" defined? Is it different for each device, reader?

Is this code actually useful in some situation? Seems to cause more trouble than it could solve.
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Updated Kindle Publishing Guidelines

October 3, 2018, 7:25 am
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Version 2018.3 of the Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines is now available.

Testing books by side-loading them to a Kindle device/app is no longer described. It appears that they now feel that using their Kindle Previewer is sufficient even though it does not reflect how books will be displayed on older devices that do not support Enhanced Typesetting.

Kindle Create replaces Kindle Textbook Creator. It performs the same function and more.

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Listed changes are:

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Updated 2.1.1 Kindle Create to add comics and update the language support.
Updated 2.2.1 KindleGen to revise requirements.
Updated 2.2.2 Kindle Previewer to add Enhanced Typesetting.
Deleted 2.2.3 Kindle Textbook Creator.
Updated 8.1 Testing Kindle Books to add Kindle Create and remove sideloading.
Updated 9.3.12 Footnote Guidelines to include guidance for footnotes or endnotes without numbers or symbols.
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-donotaddsource for submission?

October 9, 2018, 10:42 pm
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When submitting a MOBI file to Amazon, can I use the kindlegen -donotaddsource option?
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PNG in KF8 yet?

October 9, 2018, 11:03 pm
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The newest Amazon guidelines say :
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9.4.1
KF8 supports GIF, BMP, JPEG, PNG, and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) images.
Kindlegen 2.9 however converts PNG in epubs to either GIF or JPEG on its whim, bloating the file and (when it makes JPEGs), blurring it. Does the update change that? I'd love to be able to use PNG.
Now I make text images (e.g. title pages), diagrams, most maps, ornaments, as GIF files, so they don't get messed up by Kindlegen.
(I'm avoiding KFX at this time.)
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Problem stripping kindle DRMs

October 10, 2018, 10:28 pm
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Hi. I have been using Calibre successfully for several years. Like many others, I am now having problems converting kindle ebooks. As suggested in forums I have visited, I have downgraded to v 1.17.0 of kindle for mac. I also have used the terminal input suggestion for preventing books from being downloaded in kfx format. When I get a book from Amazon & send it to kindle for mac, it comes in AZW format, but when I try to convert to MOBI, I get the error message stating the book is protected by DRM. I have installed the latest deDRM plugin. I just can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Help please! Thanks in advance.
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Creating custom xray files for Kindle books

October 13, 2018, 9:04 am
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I would like to create a custom xray/x-ray file for an ebook I have created.

To clarify...
  • I don't want to auto-create the x-ray file from wikipedia or goodreads
  • I am not publishing through KDP. The file will be distributed independently

Therfore...
The Calibre plugin (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=273189) doesn't look like what I need.
This software (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=245754) also looks like it also just auto generates the file.

Is there something I'm missing, or is there really no way to create a custom xray file outside of the KDP platform?

Thanks! Mods, please move this to a different forum if this isn't the best place to post.
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Kindle -creating nested / multi level TOC menu

October 16, 2018, 8:53 am
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I'm trying to figure out how to get my TOC which has 2 levels of menu (chapters and sections) that works fine in the Epub format to work on the Kindle format.

How do I create a nested / multi-level TOC menu?

Originally I converted the epub to azw3 in Calibre, and later I tried working directly in Kindle Create, but I still can't figure it out.

I've searched but couldn't find an answer - but a link that explains it would be just as helpful.

Thanks!
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Strange ; semicolon

October 20, 2018, 7:58 am
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Just curious. Has anyone else experienced this?

I have a personal doc stored on the amazon cloud.

I downloaded it from the Archived Items on my Kindle Keyboard (K3) but it didn't show on the library list. I looked in the documents folder and saw that the corresponding azw had a semicolon ";" at the end of the file name ex: "blahblah.azw;" I renamed by removing the semicolon and the PDOC now showed and could be accessed properly.

On the Paper White 3 (PW3) I had the same problem but the symptoms were different. After downloading from the Archived Items, I found a blahblah.sdr folder but no corresponding blahblah document. Copying it from my K3 corrected the problem.

Also, sending the PDOC from the amazon account to the K3 or PW3 had the same issue.
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Kindle Textbook Creator crashing! omitting!

October 20, 2018, 12:32 pm
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Hi! I'm new to ebooks and new to this forum.

I'm trying to use KTC to get my 50mb PDF book file ready to upload into the Amazon Kindle Direct program.

KTC is behaving totally randomly! It's nuts! Sometimes it instantly loads my book. But then I notice ONE photo is missing. Odd. So I saved that page in a dozen formats and arrangements and finally was able to separately replace the page that didn't work. Then I tried to Preview -- spinning clock, crash. Apple says "Application not responding."

I've also tried various other PDFs, sometimes one-pagers just to explore how the program works and it rarely will open a file.

****

Actually, I don't really know how to proceed w my book. It's a 2 column layout in print w about 1 color photo per page, related to the content.

I've tried Exporting from Indesign as Flowable EPUB and the pics all just stack up at the end. My other option seems to be Fixed Layout. I can generate an EPUB that way but I understand that won't work with Amazon Kindle. I'm trying to create a file for Kindle. I wouldn't mind one column of text with photos dropping in after their relevant paragraph. That seems like it should be easy to do but not so far for me. Maybe someone has a super-easy tip for me? :) I've also tried converting the EPUB w Calibre and that didn't work either. I forget why.
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Making Urdu - Turkish dictionary

October 24, 2018, 10:02 pm
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Hello.
I used tab2opf.exe and mobigen.exe programs to produce an Urdu - Turkish dictionary from a database txt file for my Kindle New Touch. Unfortunately, mobigen.exe or tab2opf.exe programs didn't make appropriate process of transcribing letters of Urdu in mobi format dictionary so that mobi format dictionary identifies letters of Urdu in any text. Could you give me a solution for that problem, please?
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kindlegen fails to convert epub

October 25, 2018, 6:35 am
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Error(core):E1003: Unknown error in class String.

Error(parsing):E3013: More number of characters are hidden using display:none than allowed limit. Limit: 10000 in file: C:\Users\Codrut\AppData\Local\Temp\mbp_7E2_A_19_F_ 6_5_3A_684_2028_1\OEBPS\toc01.xhtml line: 13

KindlePreviewer 3.27.0, Windows 1809 64-bit

epub opens fine with other readers
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Can I upload both fixed and reflowable editions of same book?

October 26, 2018, 12:05 pm
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Can I upload both fixed and reflowable editions of same book to Amazon for their Kindle program?

I could add the relevant phrase to each title.

I already uploaded a fixed-layout edition and I note that Amazon added this descriptor to my title line: "[Print Replica]"

Maybe if I upload a reflowable edition they'll add a tag that makes it clear.

Laptop and tablet users might prefer the fixed -- since i have a nice layout w a lot of photos and captions.

Phone users might prefer the reflowable.

I should be able to make all customers happy! ...I'm certainly going to sell both editions on my own website.

Thanks!
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how to download azw3 and azw6 files rather than kfx files in Amazon Kindle Stores？

October 30, 2018, 1:13 am
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I use kindle paperwhite 10 and kindle oasis to read ebooks,and I usually download ebooks from Kindle Store.In the majority of cases,I get kfx format ebooks in Kindle e-book devices, but I want to get more azw6 format ebooks because I can dump azw6 files and get many wdp format images.so I want to know how to get more and more azw6 files in Kindle devices.Wish someone can help me.：谢谢：
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Mobi dictionary conversion to Epub taking forever

November 3, 2018, 9:10 pm
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Converting mobi dictionary to epub take forever :
I want to know why converting mobi dictionary to Epub with Calibre take so long and consume so much memory ?

I took a mobi dictionary of about 13MB and it took like 2/3 days before it output it to Epub format. It was really slow splitting page... and after 8,500 pages and 4 days i decided to stop the conversion.

It could have taken 20-40 days to finish the conversion as i suspect they were a word definition in each page as i could see in other dictionaries.

It took up to 13GB of memory and constant 5GB on my pagefile (went from 16GB to 21GB). It could have taken more swap disk but my OS SSD was full.

Why mobi dictionary conversion or dictionary conversion take so long and requiere so much memory ?

Unpacking mobi files seems a better solution :
I used mobi unpack Calibre plugin and conversion is very fast.

I took a 16MB english dictionary and took a few seconds to unpack mobi.
It launched parallel calibre processus to convert it to epub as well and took around 13GB of memory... There were no progress bar and even after quiting Calibre the proces was still there.

I stoped it and i was then able to take the 90 MB html and load it on google chrome to see it was complete and it was.

It's taking forever to load on Sublime text though. It has to check every tags and i guess there is a lot. If it was on Notepad++ or even worse on Notepad it would be a real nightmare.

Recently i was able to load a 90 MB html dictionary on this software and convert it easily to XDXF format then to Pocketbook format with pocketbook converter.

I guess i'll have to go that way to convert dictionaries.
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