kindlegen availability
I noticed that Amazon is no longer making kindlegen available as a standalone program. The web page that used to host kindlegen now says: Quote: KindleGen is no longer available for download. Please...
View ArticleDoes it matter which software used to create mobi?
I'm trying to prepare an ebook to upload to amazon. It's a collection of single panel cartoons, and fixed layout format seems appropriate. Started with Kindle Comic Creator, but couldnt do toc...
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Kindlegen mobi display issues
I'm trying to convert a book (see sample-ebook.pub) to Kindle (mobi) using KindleGen that is shipped with the latest Kindle Previewer 3.43.0. I transfer the resulting mobi via Send to Kindle app...
View ArticleDoes Kindle Previewer 3 simulate iphone or android phones?
I realize an ebook can look slightly different on Kindle app intalled on iphone vs installed on android phone. Kindle Previewer 3 has three options (phone, tablet, kindle e-reader), but I dont see an...
View ArticleHow to make TOCs match
How do I make this table of contents... LINK 1 ...match this table of contents? LINK 2
View ArticleAdding page number info to KFX without converting
I'm interesting in adding Kindle page numbering info to KFX files. What I'm hoping to avoid is having to use the KFX input/output plugins to convert KFX-to-KFX in order to use the feature that adds...
View Articleli?">Mobigen kindle support for "hidden" HTML element for section --> li?
I notice that the latest epub specification indicates support for the "hidden" HTML element in the navigation document -- see https://www.w3.org/publishing/epub3/...nav-def-hidden I was wondering: if...
View ArticleGaps at bottom of page on kindle
im getting blank gaps at the end of pages on the kindle books i upload. it pulls the paragraph to the next page if the whole paragraph doesnt fit. i tired messing with the orphans and widows within the...
View Articlechanging cover image
For changing the cover image in an azw3 file, most of the advice I've seen online says (1) use Calibre; (2) change the image in the Edit Metadata window; then to make the image show up, either (3a) do...
View ArticleBack-linking footnotes
I work in InDesign, export to EPUB, then export from there to MOBI. I'm getting notes from Amazon that say that my footnotes are not back-linking to the main text. Does anybody who works in InDesign...
View ArticleKindle create 32 bit for windows
Does anyone have a link for Kindle create for windows 32 bit please? The kindle site only downloads the 64 bit version
View ArticleKDP paperback page limits
Trying to upload a paperback manuscript to KDP, if the manuscript is 800 pages or less, the manuscript uploads without issue, but my manuscript is over 4500 and I receive internal error. I emailed KDP...
View Article[help] Faux fillable form in kindle
Hi... I have designed a book which has some forms... I made it into a fillable pdf, and it's ok... But now the author wants desperately to take the book to kindle, so I told them that it's not possible...
View ArticleSending books to kindle doesn't work
i've downloaded the kindle app for my pc to read books, but When I send books to my kindle it doesn't appear anywhere and I have create a email that allows me to send books to my kindles but it doesn't...
View ArticleAmazon tech people read this forum!
Recently Hitch asked me why I need fixed layout. As I currently don't use pop-up views, the reading experience was my main issue: you have to double-click an image before pinch-zoom starts working,...
View ArticleLinks IN Kindle footnotes?
I have a book in Epub3 and am reviewing it in the Kindle Previewer. Footnotes are working fine as popups, Except ... The Previewer (and hence I think Kindle) refuses to render a clickable link in a...
View ArticleFonts won't embed on Kindle Fire
I have been writing to Kindle (and asking on Forums) for at least 5 years about the problem with embedding fonts in mobi files for the Kindle Fire and later. I have only one proprietary font that needs...
View ArticleAmazon October 2020 File Ingestion Requirement
Starting on October 27 Amazon is introducing stricter requirements for published Kindle books to support Enhanced Typesetting. Quote: Coming October 2020: File Ingestion Requirement As part of our...
View Articleebook in KFX and old-mobi - no KF8
I purchased an older (2008) Kindlebook that nevertheless has Enhanced Typesetting. When I "downloaded for transfer via USB" I got the old mobi format (not KF8), which surprised me. I figured if it had...
View ArticleHow can I create a kindle ebook with links to images and pop-up endnotes?
Kindle Create won't allow me to link to internal images nor have pop up endnotes, as far as I can tell, though I have purchased kindle books that have these features. So is there software that does...
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