I would like to ask about creating mobi files. My usual work flow is to create an epub file first, validate it it with epubcheck and then convert it with kindllegen to a mobi. If I proof this file on my Kindle 4, it usually looks fine, as it also does in Kindle Previewer on my pc, with 'Kindle Fire' selected as the default device.
If however, you set 'Kindle' as default device on Kindle Previewer, then some of the formatting goes, for example space above paragraphs, and the large font size on the title page. I assume this is because the Kindle 4 and Kindle Fire use KF8 which is more compatible with CSS formatting, and the 'Kindle' setting on Previewer shows how text would appear on an older device, such as Kindles 1, 2 or 3. I would like to ask if this is correct.
Some people say you need to create a mobi file from scratch rather than merely converting an epub file. Is this simply to take into account how text appears on the earlier kindles? If for example, you were only concerned with formatting for recent kindles with KF8, could you just convert epub files, and not worry about how things look on the Kindle Previewer with the Kindle device setting?
Perhaps you could take the view, that since most people now have a recent kindle model with KF8, there is no reason to format specifically for kindles, and you can get away with a simple conversion process. Any clarification or guidance on this would be greatly appreciated.
If however, you set 'Kindle' as default device on Kindle Previewer, then some of the formatting goes, for example space above paragraphs, and the large font size on the title page. I assume this is because the Kindle 4 and Kindle Fire use KF8 which is more compatible with CSS formatting, and the 'Kindle' setting on Previewer shows how text would appear on an older device, such as Kindles 1, 2 or 3. I would like to ask if this is correct.
Some people say you need to create a mobi file from scratch rather than merely converting an epub file. Is this simply to take into account how text appears on the earlier kindles? If for example, you were only concerned with formatting for recent kindles with KF8, could you just convert epub files, and not worry about how things look on the Kindle Previewer with the Kindle device setting?
Perhaps you could take the view, that since most people now have a recent kindle model with KF8, there is no reason to format specifically for kindles, and you can get away with a simple conversion process. Any clarification or guidance on this would be greatly appreciated.