Control image conversion
I'm making an ePub with a largish map. Using Sigil to edit and then create AZW3 with the Kindlegen plugin to read on a PW3. Original format was JPEG, which was about 500 KB. I loaded it in Photoshop...
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Hello all, I've currently been stumped by this problem. I want to have a separate image that immediately comes after my cover image, yet for some reason this seems impossible. Of course in MS word...
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Problem with transparent PNG
Hi guys. I have problem with transperent PNG file in table. There is no problem with epub or kebup but kindle preview doesnt show my png file in table. I attached picture. Thanks Attached Thumbnails Â
View ArticleKindle Previewer 3.21 won't export file
I have uploaded an epub file to the latest previewer. When I view book information it recognises that it is in English, but when I try to export I get a warning that Export is not supported for Arabic...
View ArticleStart mobi on Chapter One page
Hi happy helpers! I've been trying to have a mobi file open up and start on a specific page "Chapter One" of a book, but when I put in the Text guide code on the epub and convert it, the mobi file...
View ArticleTroubleshooting iOS sideloading from iTunes
I can't open my converted *.azk ebook files on my iOS devices. I consulted this thread but I don't understand what it means about searching for invisible unicode characters. The book I am working on...
View ArticleKindle Create now does comics
Version 1.6.97.0 of Kindle Create is now available. Under "Help" -> "Settings" -> "Early Access" there is a new option to "Enable Beta Features". The documentation for that option reads "All...
View ArticleFloating images in mobi format
Hi guys, A beginner's question as I do not know anything about the mobi file format. I want to transfer an epub file to a friend in this format: does it accept floating images (e.g. with CSS float:...
View ArticleKindle Previewer 3 versus KDP Online Previewer
Hi I am self publishing a cookbook on KDP. It is a fixed layout ePub format. I verified this book on ePub verifier and there were no errors. It also looks perfect on Kindle Previewer 3. However when I...
View ArticleForce a background color with Kindle app color modes?
The Kindle macOS and iOS reading apps include a "Color Mode" that lets the user select from among "White," "Black," and "Sepia." When making an ebook, if I have a Code: <p> tag and add CSS such...
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SVG and float CSS on Kindle
When I use float:left, it crushes my SVGs vertically in Kindle Previewer and the macOS Kindle app. Here is my HTML: Code: <p class="speechbubble chat-octopus"><span...
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Space between First and Second line on the Chapters
Hey happy helpers! So I've formatted this novel for a client but when I convert the book to mobi there seems to be a space between the first and second line of the first paragraph of every chapter....
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AZW3 - not able to browse TOC entries
Hello. I have a weird problem with an AZW3 file: I can't browse through the locations in the book that correspond to the entries in the TOC.ncx file. As you know, usually you can jump between locations...
View ArticleProblem previewing on Kindle iOS app
Hello everyone, just a technical question for anyone who have experience similar problem of previewing a mobi file on a Kindle iOS app on an iPad (where the pages turned up blank), while at the same...
View ArticleBorderless tables in kindle?
Is it possible to have borderless tables in your kindle mobi files? In my word document my tables show up as borderless, however when I try to preview it using the kindle previewer, there are now grey...
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Issue with drop caps under the .kfx format
Hi friends; As all you know, Amazon has developed a new ebook format, .kfx. Supposly, that new format, among others things, would deliver perfect drop caps for all kindle devices with support for .kfx....
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Frustrated with 3 column layout
I just finished with all the formatting for a chess book for kindle. For the main chess notation in the book, I created a three column CSS/HTML. I package it all together in an epub from the command...
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Font used in footnote popup
This is an AZW3 file I've created. Could you explain why the footnote has a different font (noserif) than the main text? I haven't specified a font in the css. The main text uses the user's choice....
View ArticleHidden attribute not working properly in some devices
Hello guys! I'm having a little trouble with the TOC (HTML) of my book... It's a valid (3.0.1) .epub file, which I converted to .mobi using kindlegen without warnings or errors. The problem is the way...
View ArticleKindle not recognizing Ancient Greek
Hello, please, I'm trying to convert an Ancient Greek text from docx to Kindle. I took the text from Wikisource. So, I copy it to Word, send to Kindle convert and have it in my device. But Kindle does...
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