Kindle plugin for InDesign
Hi there everyone I need some expert knowledge! Hoping you can help. I have been working on an export for Kindle, using InDesign and the Kindle export plugin. The results are perfect in Kindle Fire:...
View ArticleKindle Previewer Font Face grayed out?
Hi! I'm Kat. New to the forum. Thanks for having me! :) I'm converting my self published e-book to mobi to sell on Amazon. I don't own a Kindle, so I've been using Kindle Previewer to figure out what...
View ArticleKindle Previewer errors and warnings
How do I find any errors or warnings produced by the previewer? Thanks
View ArticleKindle and small caps
Hi, this is my first post and I hope this is the right section, if not, I'm sorry! I'm editing a digital edition for a book of a friend, and I'm facing several difficulties related to fonts. Hope that...
View ArticleConverting a PDF to mobi and having it come out right?
I bought "the girl on the dock" PDF and want to convert it to Mobi format. There's a few issues with that. Every page has an image background for a line at the top and bottom, some pages have a...
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:first-letter selector support in KF8
After reading PoP's post about his 2D Transforms tests support in KF8, I did some tests too and found out that KF8 actually supports the :first-letter selector even though the Kindle Publishing...
View ArticleSET READING LOCATION IN SOURCE - How do I do that?
Hi, my ebook, when opened, starts 5 pages in; skips the cover, title page, TOC, etc. I wrote Amazon about this as it involved using their viewer. This is how they responded: =============== Hello from...
View ArticleRenamed PRC files don't work when sideloading
I read on an old iPod a friend gave me, with the Kindle app. I am slowly moving my huge library of ebooks (accumulated over the last ten years) to Dropbox, so that I can access my whole library...
View ArticleMobi font specifications
I understand that mobi does not support embedded fonts, but shouldn't it at least accept the directive to use sans-serif rather than serif, if my CSS directs it to? My code is fine - all the other...
View ArticleProblem with "word search" option in created ebook
Hello everyone, this is actually my first post, so be gentle. I'v recently converted a pdf file to .prc to read it in my kindle. It's a large file, a philosophic dictionary actually, so its absolutly...
View ArticleCreator Indesign to Kindle Image Size
Hi there, I work in inDesign because i format book for print and ebook and i like to have one master file. Been using Kindle export plugin and i really like it except that i have zero control over the...
View ArticleProblem with Styles
I'm working on an eBook for a client and have it almost completed except for one strange problem. It seems like half the time my styles are being ignored. Everything looks great on KF8 devices. The...
View ArticleHyperlink underlines and custom fonts
Hi all I wonder if you could help me out. I have two issues: one being the removal of underlines on hyperlinks and the other being using custom fonts. I have an ePub file that works fine and looks...
View ArticleUnderlines reinstated by Kindle converter
Hi all I have a completed epub file that I want to convert into a Kindle-ready file. In the epub I have managed to remove the underlines from hyperlinks by tweaking the html. I am running it through...
View ArticleNumber of visitors in Amazon product page
I apologize in advance but I didn't find a better forum to start this thread. Maybe there is a need for a more business oriented forum. Now that my ePub/Mobi/KF8 design flow works (more or less)...
View ArticleCustomized KDP Sample
Is there a way to influence Amazon's sample of my eBook? If I understand well, Amazon uses the first 10% of the eBook. Can I create a mobi myself and ask KDP to use it for the sample? Thanks.
View ArticleThumbnail not showing.
Hi I'm new to creating mobi files so this could be a bit of a gumbie question. I've created a test book, used kindlegen to generate a mobi file and sent the file to my kindle paperwhite using email....
View ArticleAn Issue about a SVG wrapper
Hi friends; I have an image of 1200px (height) x 800px (width) that I want to use as a cover for a .kf8 book. In Kindle, that image is resized as 800 x 533 and like the Kindle screen is 800 x 600, then...
View ArticleCustom font will not show on device
Hi all I wonder if I could get some advice again. The problem is driving me crazy. It is to do with custom fonts in my file not displaying on the Kindle Fire. I have created an epub file (for later...
View ArticleSo who makes enhanced kindle versions?
I've been developing ebooks for a while now and have always been under the understanding that there is "no embedded audio / video for .mobi on the kindle devices (that can support video - fire / hd)....
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