Books not showing when transfered to PW
When I first purchased my PW a few months ago, I noticed that many of the books which I sideloaded onto the device weren't showing up. These were books which I'd downloaded from Amazon or from sites...
View ArticleIs an internal cover necessary in a mobi file uploaded to Kindle?
When I create an epub I convert it to a mobi file using Kindlegen. In the past I have always included a cover.xhtml file in the epub. Am I right in thinking that the internal cover file is redundant...
View ArticleKindle Fixed Layout file size too big
Need to revisit this question as I see 4 to 5 different answers from different dates. Earliest is 2010 latest is 2012. I have a Kindle Fixed Layout .mobi file which is 115mb ( content is ALL images and...
View Articlekindlegen cmd line options
kindlegen and kindle previewer apparently store a copy of the source file in the mobi file making the file larger than necessary for reading. Some where I've seen a command line option to turn off the...
View ArticleI need help with mobi
Hello I'm new to the forum but I need help with my kindle paperwhite problems. Recently, I've been saving documents to my paperwhite in text format using openoffice, then converting them to mobi via...
View ArticleHebrew align problems
How do you properly format a Hebrew KF8 book, so it's justified, yet the last line of the paragraph is right aligned. I never managed to get both at the same time. (In the calibre reader and editors...
View ArticleKindleGen error message: E1003 Unknown error in class String.
Has anybody ever encountered the following error message and knows what KindleGen complains about? Code: Error(core):E1003: Unknown error in class String. It was displayed when I compiled a dictionary...
View ArticleIssue with TOC on Kindle Paperwhite2
I've created some ebooks from html source to epub/awz3 with calibre: Code: ebook-convert --level1-toc //h:h2 --level2-toc //h:h3 --level3-toc //h:h4 \ --page-breaks-before="//*[name()='h1' or...
View ArticleConverting to azk through KindlePreviewer
I know Kindle Previewer isn't the best viewer, but it seems to be good with old Kindle devices as well as the new ones. However, when I want to preview a file on the iPad or iPhone within the...
View ArticleConverting ePub > AZW3 so the cover shows up as the first page
What do I have to do to an ePub that gets converted via Kindlegen to AZW3 such that when the AZW3 is opened on an eInk Kindle that the first thing that shows up is the cover?
View ArticlePlay order problems between Cover and Page 1 in Kindle Fire
Hello, i have the following problems: 1 - when i declared src="cover.html" the cover doesnôt appear in TOC 2- When i declared src="page01" it takes me to the cover instead of page 1 Please help, how...
View ArticleHow to set Beginning page for Kindle
I have published my first book on Amazon for Kindle but so far have been unsuccessful in achieving the Beginning page I want. New downloads always open on the first page of text, but I want the reader...
View ArticleReading new Kindle ebooks on Kobo
I have purchased in the past Kindle ebooks on Amazon that I was able to convert to read on my Kobo. I did it again yesterday and discovered that I did not have access to the ebook file so I don't know...
View ArticleHow to Move ToC in Calibre-Created MOBI File?
I use Calibre to create MOBI files out of HTML files. The automatically generated ToC page appears at the end of the MOBI file by default. Calibre has a checkbox allowing me to transfer that ToC page...
View ArticleKDP stripping custom fonts
I have designed and coded websites for the last 5 years, so I am very familiar with HTML and CSS, probably having 5000 hours of working directly with coding. I think I generally know what I am doing. I...
View ArticleProblems with Kindle ncx view
Im trying to create my first Kindle book. Its been built from the ground up and converted using the latest versions of epubpack and KindleGen. All appears to be well and checks out; except for a...
View ArticleSpecial characters: does this work for you?
Hi, I hope this post is going to help other book creators in the future. I'm in the process of publishing a Kindle book for my girlfriend. The book is about foreign languages and uses two types of...
View ArticleOfficial words WRT where the book should begin?
It's pretty obvious that Amazon and company want to start the book off where the contents begin. I've never seen them say so, though. Do they support and explain that decision somewhere? I've also...
View ArticleKindle for iOS (AZK format) - Layout issues
Hi there, I have layed out a reflowable ebook which looks good on Kindle devices (at least the later KF8 devices, and its OK on older MOBI devices - I think I can tweak this further for Kindle MOBI...
View ArticleMobigen Problem with syntax and hiragana
Hello, As the title say, I have an insoluble problem with the syntax : Code: <idx:orth infl=""> I try to build a Japanese-French dictionary and I want to hide some labels (inflections) in the...
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