Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines 2019.2

Version 2019.2 of the Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines is now available. (Refresh the web broswer if an old version is shown.) Listed changes are:

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Updated the following sections to add accessibility guidelines:
- 2.1.1 Kindle Create
- 3 Comparing Formats
- 6.1 Constructing Well-Formed HTML Documents (XHTML)
- 7.2 External Link Guidelines
- 8 Accessibility Guidelines
- 9 QA Standards
- 9.1 Testing Kindle Books
- 10.3.8 Using Embedded Fonts
- 10.4.1 Use Supported Input Formats
- 10.4.7 Image and Font Size Requirements for Line-Art and Text
- 10.4.11 Use Supported SVG Tags and Elements
- 10.5.1 Avoid Large Tables
- 10.5.2 Create Simple HTML Tables
- 10.5.4 Table Features with Enhanced Typesetting
- 11.3.2 Including Specific Fonts
Added 2.4 Markdown Authoring Tools.
Updated 4.1 Marketing Cover Image Is Mandatory and 4.2 Internal Content Cover Image Is Mandatory to clarify that they don't apply to KDP.
Updated 5.2 NCX Guidelines to specify that Kindle devices and applications support two levels of nesting.
Updated 7.2 External Link Guidelines to recommend archiving links.
Added 11.3.1 Minimum Text Size.
Updated 12.6 Text Guidelines to specify minimum text size in graphic novels.
Updated 13.2 Text Guidelines to specify minimum text size in fixed-layout books without pop-ups.
Updated 17.1 Supported Attributes to change background-size entry.

It will take a bit of reading to see if any of these changes are really significant.