File sizes
I have some epub files which I have converted to Kindle using Amazon's Kindle Previewer software. They are almost entirely text, the only image being a small (11kb) cover image. To my surprise, the...
View ArticleText-To-Speech on KF8
hi all, i'm making a book for a client who intends to distribute it on Amazon. they've asked if it's possible to have Text-To-Speech enabled. is there a way to include this in the markup of the .mobi...
View ArticlePublisher Fonts option not shown when using send to Kindle
When testing a mobi file on my Kindle, I noticed that it was not showing the option to view Publisher Font on the font popup window after I had sent it by the Send To Kindle app or by email. However,...
View ArticleInvalid TOC links in some azw3 files
I find that when purchasing ebooks from Amazon and downloading an azw3 file it is not that uncommon for the file to have a table of contents with all the links pointing to, usually, the beginning of...
View ArticleScan Text books into kindle paperwhite
Guys, can I scan school text books into my kindle ereader? Complicated?
View ArticleMath symbols in Kindle
There's a newly published e-book promising to solve all our problems with displaying math symbols in Kindle format: Jack Lewis: Math on Kindle
View ArticleK4iOS, AZK, The Latest
Hey all! TLDR; Does K4iOS still use .azk? Introduction I'm doing a fairly meticulous eBook creation process, which involves careful proofing of the book across the full range of popular devices....
View ArticleGreetings and a few queries
I am preparing a book for kindle publication for the first time. Pleased to have found this forum. I looked at the html that was generated exporting the author's work from .doc and realised immediately...
View ArticleChanged AZW4 book extension to mobi and lost my book cover
I have an AZW4 book. In order to load it onto my iPad Air, I had to change the file extension to .mobi. The iPad reads the book as it should with all the Kindle app features. My problem is that when I...
View Articlego to begining
Hello, I looked in this forum and couldn't find anything about guiding the kindle which is the first page to be seen as a user open a book. In ePub (3) I set the guide, currently I have the following...
View ArticleAdd sections to book
The Kindle previewer has two buttons "Goto Prev/Next Section". I would like to allow the reader to use them to jump from one chapter (<h2> titles) to the previous/next. How do I create sections...
View ArticleEPUB to MOBI - 2 errors: links and div tags
Hello! I've been trying to search for an answer without a lot of success. If anyone can advise/help me, I'd so appreciate it. I received a cookbook in epub to fix up and then convert to mobi. I cracked...
View ArticleGozak: MOBI -> AZK Converter
Preamble: I've been doing some exploration of the AZK format, which is Amazon's midway point between MOBI and KCR for iOS. Said adventures are detailed in another thread, but I wanted to share a tool I...
View ArticleKindlegen With A Single HTML File
I have been testing Kindlegen with a single HTML file. It does indeed create a .mobi and it set the title from the <title></title> element (not surprising really). Is there a way to add...
View Article"old mobi" output with Calibre breaks hyperlinks with images
Deleting this post and reposting here: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...47#post3119047 Newbie: Haven't figured out how to delete a thread here yet. Apologies.
View ArticleGetting around DRM, encoding?
DRM is a real nuisance for us paying customers. I like to curate my notes, and usually do so after reading a great book. So you can imagine my surprise when I realized 90% of my annotations had been...
View ArticlePercent vs picas (or mm) for Kindle
For the first time, I want to use a series of mug shots in a book. At present I have them sized 20% wide, height=auto. I appreciate that this can turn out fairly ragged in a K1, K2, or DX Kindle, and...
View ArticleHyperlinks inside SVG Wrappers === AZW3 ignores link
I have only recently started dabbling in converting epub to azw3 by using Calibre. I am only reviewing the resulting file in KindlePreviewer v 2.94. The problem I see is this: In the epub (created in...
View ArticleSidebar TOC not appearing in iOS following azk conversion
I'm starting with a valid EPUB 3 file. KindleGen conversion to mobi seems to work fine. I've tested the file on my Paperwhite and in the Kindle desktop app for OS X. Notably, a full, logical TOC...
View ArticleHD_CONTAINER anomalies
I have two image heavy EPUB files. A - 2,38 MB - Image resolution: 758x1024 (PW1/2) B - 3,93 MB - Image resolution: 1072x1448 (PW3/Voyage) There are only two differences between them:image resolution...
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