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Wanted: a) Reassurance b) HTML TOC advice

Sorry to bother you all again, but... a) Having created (but not yet perfected) my book with Sigil I have put it through the kindle Previewer which has thrown up one or two problems. Is this the right...

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How to change MOBI dictionary language?

I tried making translation dictionary(english to serbian) according to instructions found here on the forum, and everything works great. But my problem is making serbian-serbian dictionary. If I edit...

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Cover image in iPad Kindle App

Hello, all, I have a 1200x1600 cover (in doc as cover.jpg in content.opf meta-cover); fills screen on einks, looks OK on the Fire. But on iPad App, it's smaller, in the center of the screen. Then, I...

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How to Create a Mobi File

Hi I use Delphi to write an app that makes my site. It outputs HTML pages that are stored in a Treeview layout. Now that I have a kindle I would like to output my site to the kindle as well. Where do I...

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basic beginner questions epub to kf8

Please excuse me today, I'm sick and my brain is not working right. I entered my email password 10 times before I realized I had only entered half of it, ugh! I want to convert an EPUB 3.0 to KF8. Is...

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optional (double pages, facing pages)

Hi I'm new to the forum and I was wondering if anyone has any experience in the new KF8 Feature? Before I even try it on my own and see what it does. The optional (double pages, facing pages) page 31...

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Making an .azw3 file available

Thanks to Calibre, I created decent-looking .mobi and .azw3 files from an InDesign-based .epub file. (Calibre delivered the goods, whereas both Kindlegen and the InDesign plug-in did not.) I downloaded...

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Table display in KF8

The old mobi format really struggled with tables. It could not display a partial row on a screen, and if the contents of the cells exceeded the length of a single page, it would lose the text outright,...

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.mobi file questions

I have a template for doing a fixed layout epub, the template has 5 pages xhtml css a folder for images content.opf file I have the actual .mobi from these and I want to use different images and have...

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missing images icon

Fixed layout for children's book is now displaying the missing images icon. Has Amazon changed the format? Each image of the spread has a div id and a class representing left and right. What am I...

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Problem, Kindle doesn't open my mobi file

Hi I am developer and i decided to write a export odt to mobi plugin for the software (Calligra Author) that i am working on it. After attempts i succed to write it or better to say not succed because...

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Epub export from InDesign, ERROR in Kindle!!!

Hi there! I have a very…very annoying problem. Please help me, I can’t take any longer. I start at the beginning. I create my own epub files. It looks like this: I use InDesign CS4. Inserting the...

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Kinlde ERROR opening books!!!!

Hi there! I have a very…very annoying problem. Please help me, I can’t take any longer. I start at the beginning. I create my own epub files. It looks like this: I use InDesign CS4. Inserting the...

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MOBI vs AZW3

Is there a difference between the two formats? I have a Kindle and I tend to convert my ePub ebooks to MOBI with Calibre. Should I start converting them to AZW3 since it's Amazon's format for the...

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Kindle/Mobi File Naming AppleScript/Python Script

When first downloaded, Mobipocket and Amazon Kindle files often have weird names based on ISBN, ASIN or some truncated version of the book's name. So, I have written a python script that extracts the...

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Start tag on Kindle files being changed

Hi, I have been using Mobipocket to create my Kindle books (yes, I know it's a little old fashioned now, but it does a great job for me). I have always placed my start tag at the front of my eBook so...

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How to specify 'Start Reading'

(I hope every US member has been enjoying their Thanksgiving holiday :) ) I have used Sigil to produce an .epub file of my book which I have then converted to a kindle version by using kindle...

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Missing cover in epub converted to mobi?

I generated a .mobi file from an epub (using Kindle Previewer). It keeps giving me a "missing cover" warning, which is displayed over the cover image. The Kindle Previewer documentation says that the...

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Cover duplication in kindle

I know this has been answered before and I've spent half an hour searching for the thread :bookworm: without success, :( so I'm sorry to bother you but... When viewed in the kindle previewer, the first...

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How to make Burmese font readable to Kindle

Help! I have Burmese Language ebook, used "ww_burn1.ttf" and it works perfectly fine in epub. However when converted to mobi all burmese characters messed up. Anyone here know how to make burmese fonts...

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