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.
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.