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what's the difference between "compiled" and "converted" folders?
I have two different folders saved on my flash drive. One is "compiled." The other is "converted." They both have .mobi files in them. The most recently made .mobi is in the "converted" folder, and...
View ArticleKindle Fire - Displaying map image pages
Hello All, I have 25 map images arranged in a 5x5 layout. Is it possible to create a mobi file (maybe from HTML) that will display each map image on its own Kindle screen and allow the user to swipe...
View ArticleWhat should be in a MOBI file?
This a bit of an odd question, but my experience of MOBI is a bit limited and I wasnt 100% sure if this file was as strange as it seems. From the quality of their ePUB, Im guessing that this new...
View Articlecan I sell mobi-files (and epubs) in my shop? legal issues?
Hi there, This is a question concerning the legal rights and the format mobipocket itself. We produce epubs and mobis for a customer. Now he asks me, if it is ok for him to sell the mobis in his shop....
View ArticleMobi with Asin and CDE
Hi Guys, is there a way how to change mobi to be address as ebook in Amazon, not as personal kindle file? I tried with java metaeditor to change and add asin, but still no luck.
View ArticleKF8 and raised cap
I would like to have a "raised cap" for the chapter starting paragraphs of my KF8-book. Code: .parafirst {font-size: 100%;line-height: 120% ..} .parafirst:first-letter {font-size: 300% ...} is one...
View ArticleWould these dropcaps work for Kindle formats?
Am editing my book as an epub in Sigil and plan to create the Kindle format using Kindlegen. I found this CSS for creating dropcaps. It seems to work on my Kindle3 device - how safe is this to use?...
View Articleshow hide button in ebook?
can i create a show and hide button for portions of text, (similar to MobileReads wiki indexes,) in a AZW3 format ebook?
View ArticleFont tests: results and query
Last year I designed a book for client that involved a dialogue between two people, differentiated by a font change. In order to achieve our goal, I included the font definition {font-family:...
View ArticleHelp! How to make Publishers Default available on Kindle Dictionary
Hi All, How to make Publisher's Default available on Kindle Dictionary? When I converted the OPF file from EPUB to mobi, the publishers default is available but when I inserted IDX tags, the...
View ArticleTwo Page Spread in Fixed Layout Kindle Fire?
Been having a heck of a time trying to find out how I can make the book open automatically in a two page spread. I've got a fixed layout epub for ibooks, and I've set it to automatically open so that...
View ArticleAnyone know what these tags will do in a KF8 book
<menu> Is this a pop-up menu? if yes, can i make a submenu and links inside? <hgroup> ?? <header> Does this get attached to the top of every page? <section> What's the...
View ArticlePW 'Page Flip' feature not recognizing chapters
I've realized that the "Page Flip" feature from firmware 5.4.4.1 does not work in some of my books, meaning it does not recognize chapters past the first toc.ncx entry even though the chapters show...
View ArticlePDF to Mobi/AZW3
Hi guys so I'm trying to convert two files, I'll try and and just get help with the first one for now. It's only 6mb in size. I've tried using Calibre, and converted it to both a Mobi and AZW3 file....
View ArticlePicture/ Carousel
Hi all. I'm using the latest version of Calibre E-book Management, version 1.35. I use it to convert epub to mobi to read it on my Kindle Fire HD. After recently converting an epub to mobi on my...
View ArticleConvert 200M HTML document to .mobi
I have a 200M HTML document that I would like to read on my Kindle Touch. Calibri seems to import it but reports a file size of 4M. How can I (or can I) convert the 200M HTML document to .mobi, .epub,...
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Image sizing ignored by old Kindles and iOS app - please help
Hi all, New member here with a first post asking for some help. Ive searched the forums and cant find this specific question, but apologies in advance if its been asked before. Ive created an EPUB...
View ArticleLibmobi C library
Hi, I just want to say that I started working on a C library for handling MOBI files. It is in a very initial state. I just put my libmobi project to github. I am working on reading and parsing of mobi...
View Articleembed video in Kindle/mobi?
Having some trouble here. Have a .epub with 2 videos embedded, compiles fine for epub 3.0, works properly in iBooks etc. Trying to convert to kf8/.mobi for Kindle Fire (using Kindle Previewer 2.921),...
View ArticleTagging files to show up in the "Docs"-lists
Hello there, before asking my question, I humbly ask you to read these posts: Number 1 Number 2 As you just (hopefully) read, I manage my content locally and actually do want to use the "Docs"-category...
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