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Pop ups/Panels/Overlays

How can I create links within my ebook that will display an overlay/panel/pop-up on kf8? I was able to do this using <div> and css on ePub format but porting it with Kindle Previewer lost me...

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Why are these tags rejected?

I have the following warnings when running Kindlegen: Info(prcgen):I1047: Added metadata dc:Title "Title is here" Info(prcgen):I1047: Added metadata dc:Date "2011-05-16" Info(prcgen):I1047: Added...

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Can I offer KF8 only files?

Hi all Got a question about a title we are investigating. The print job relies heavily on colour images and some design features that means it seems a bit pointless putting on old Kindle devices. The...

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Removing Cover Image From MOBI File

Hello, I was using KindleGen to convert ePub files to MOBI format, and I ended up having HUGE file sizes, meaning mucho dinero for Amazon in delivery fees. A 90,000 word book, for instance, with a...

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Help with modifying MOBI file

Ladies and Gentlemen, I left my warm lair at Kindle subforum and come here to ask for help. I need to achieve some specific MOBI modifications and my level of Python-Fu prevents me to write it myself....

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formatting images for kindle hdx

hello everybody, i'm just about to (try and) publish and i have only one big problem left. when i started the book, i made all the illustrations 640 wide as recommended. now i see they have a new...

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Need for a dual mobi metadata tweaker

Hi, Okay in its own thread, the topic is to create a metadata tweaker that will work with dual mobis as created by kindlegen so that people can tweak the metadata but NOT split the mobi 7 and mobi 8...

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How can I embed a font into .mobi for use with Kindle PW1

Hi I have some books here in the format of .mobi (some are in KF8) & .epub, as I know I need to decompile it first, then edit the css & compile it using kindlegen. that is just theory, now what...

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audio/video in mobi?

hi there, I know that there have been different threads with the topic audio/video, but now the things getting real and I need some help. we delivered a epub with audio to a customer two years agog and...

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Placing hyperlinks in a Kindle fixed layout template

Stuck here, I know a little bit of css but need to know from the Mobileread gods on this one I have a Kindle fixed layout which has an image that fills the entire page, I need to have a few scattered...

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mobi fixed layout file for desktop viewing

I was just wondering why some books are able to view on a mac desktop and some can't. Is it the image size? Or something else? How and what do I need to make it available for the desktop viewing as...

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Error converting .azw3 to mobi: Zugriff verweigert

Hi there, I attached the error details. Thing is: I downloaded the book "Kontinuumsmechanik" and added it to calibre. Now I would like to send it to my tablet. When I click on "send to [...]" I get...

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KindleGen 2.9 and Send to Kindle

Hi, Anybody have idea if it is possible to create MOBI with KindleGen 2.9 that don't lose cover during Send to Kindle e-mail conversion? No matter I do it have Amazon default cover on PW1/PW2. Also I'm...

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Mobi2Mobi File types for Mobi2Mobi

So I've managed to open Mobi2Mobi (I have v012) but I'm still confused. The guide I've read on http://wiki.mobileread.com says it should convert .azw files, but the readme suggests only .mobi &...

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Adding an image to an HTML page Kindle Fixed layout

This discussion probably falls under HTML or css but I have a Kindle fixed layout template I was using and I want to take two logos create hyperlinks out of them, then place those two logos side by...

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Weird page numbers in .mobi

Hi all! It recently came to my attention, after having converted several .epub books into .mobi using the built in Kindlegen of Kindle Previewer, that the generated .mobi files, even though they look...

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Can someone check this .mobi for me?

I have a Kindle Fixed layout .mobi which looks great in a browser and on a Kindle Fire and the Kindle Previewer. But on pages that have images as links I see a blue line under each image link on both...

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Kindle Image Optimisation for all devices?

Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to format an image that would work well on all Kindle devices? I usually use 72ppi and 640px width to make the image full width, but now viewing in kindle fire...

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Wrong characters on a MOBI file

Hello, I just got Kindle Fire HD and I'm trying to transfer a MOBI book that I downloaded. The problem is that I have some weird characters like ’ and –. I can see them both on Calibre and on...

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How to convert .bgl dictionaries to mobi format?

Hi everyone, I have some .bgl (babylon) dictionaries that I'd like to convert for my kindle pw. I tried to figure out the conversion process, but without any luck and this after I searched around on...

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