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Kindle for iOS (AZK format) - line height issue

Hi there, I am having an issue when I convert my Kindle to AZK format (for iOS) where within some paragraph there is a variation in line height from one line to the next. This happens when a paragraph...

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epub converted to mobi won't start in right place

Hello, I've searched the forums previously and while some people encountered the same issue, I couldn't find a solution that worked for me. I've created an epub, but when I upload it to my KDP...

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How to disable pop-up?

I used the same code in my book, but some are hiperlinks and some are pop-up. I saw the Amazon publishing guidelines, it told me that if you make bi-directional hyperlinks are displayed in a pop-up....

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Footnote popups in PW2 not working for some books

The Kindle footnote popups work well for my other books on my PW2. However, there's this one book where it just wouldn't work. I've fooled around with various things using Calibre and Sigil but still...

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Kindle Footnote Popup Title

How do you change the title "Footnote" in the Kindle footnote popups? (Like, what if you wanted it to say "Endnote" or "Glossary" or something.) To elaborate, in case you don't know what I'm referring...

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K4iOS & Night Mode Media Queries

Okay, maybe I'll have more luck with this question than my last one :p Anyone know how to target K4iOS with a media query? Specifically, I have some text that needs to be a certain shade of gray. It...

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SVG wrapper image occupies entire page, and shouldn’t

Due to the lack of max-width support on Kindle platforms, I’ve been using the SVG wrapper to emulate its effect. Worked on ADE, and since all illustrations were at the end of chapters it looked like it...

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Any way to fix this?

I am thinking about buying a Kindle (over a Kobo) because i like their store better. I do have a few epub books though. So i have been playing around with converting them. Using Kindle preview then...

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Kindle Previewer 3 won't open :/

I installed it and when i open it nothing happens. Have to kill it in task manager. Any ideas?

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KG Telephone Links

Anyone gotten telephone links to work with Kindlegen? I did the defacto standard of <a href="tel: 1-800-555-5555">1-800-555-5555</a> and Kindlegen told me it couldn't resolve my hyperlink...

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Polish dictionary

Hi! I'm publishing polish dictionary based on GNU/CC sources (SJP.pl and Wiktionary). I'm not putting here direct links since I'm going to update it once per week. Everything is downloadable here:...

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Faulty ePub to mobi conversion

Hi all, I normally use kindlegen to make the conversion from epub to mobi in files previously ddrmed, in Spanish language. From time to time, I find that the conversion is far to be perfect: every...

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CSS compliance in AZW3 books?

I've noticed that my Kindle ignores "page-break-after:avoid" on subheadings, which is pretty annoying; I've also tried to persuade it to do automatic dictionary based hyphenation by putting lang="en"...

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MobiPocket dictionary index extraction/format/method

Hi all, I'm trying to do something a bit weird: I like the experience of looking up words on Kindle so much that I'd like to be able to do something a bit similar on the PC, rather than going to my...

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How to center images in OLD mobi7 for Voyage

Is my problem with the CSS, or is it with the MOBI format, or is it with the VOYAGE, or is it with the KINDLE PREVIEWER? (come on, I'm giving you enough choices, you must have an opinion!) I build my...

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Kindle Previewer: error converting from epub with specific CSS and `display:...

I believe I have found a bug in Kindle Previewer 3.4 on Windows 10. Here are the details. I'd love to know if others have found anything similar or can shed more light on what causes it, or if I'm just...

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mobi from kindlegen contents list problem

Hi all, and thanks for your help. I've made an ePub directly (not using calibre etc), and it validates fine. However, converting with kindlegen produces a mobi contents list (in PC kindle reader) that...

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Weird looking text on mobi (converted from epub)

Hello! I hope I'm posting in the right forum. I'm helping a friend to create an ebook which will eventually be published. We already created an epub (using indesing and calibre e-book editor), and I...

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Look Inside behaving oddly

For about a week now, the Look Inside sample on the Kindle store has come in two flavors, and the flavors can vary over time. At one point, most of my books were New Style, but today it seems that only...

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I have a problem making the dictionary for kindle

I want to make the dictionary for my kindle and it works fine but when I search "arrived" I want it to show "arrive" with definition I tried many things but doesn't work Does anyone know how to do it?...

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