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Horizontal and Vertical Texts Displayed
Has anyone here been successful in displaying blocks of text in "horizontal" and "vertical" direction on the same page? I have some success in displaying in "vertical-right-to-left" in a page but when...
View ArticleKindle Previewer crashes when turning page
I use KindleGen to convert .epub files to .mobi all the time. In fact, I did one book successfully this morning. But my latest project makes Kindle Previewer crash when I try to turn a page. I...
View ArticleWrite .mobi files by hand?
Hi everybody, So far I've written .epub files myself, with the help of some hand-crafted scripts that digest larger content. That was a good exercise to learn the file format and about eBooks in...
View ArticleEmbedding fonts for Kindles
I have tried embedding fonts using @font-face{ in the stylesheet, with the fonts placed in a fonts folder, and certain styles set to use these fonts. I have found this works consistently on the Ipad,...
View ArticleOpening Fixed Layout KF8 on Kindle 1,2. What happens?
Hi everyone! I was just wondering. What happens when you open a fixed layout eBook on Kindle 1, 2 and DX? Does it open at all? What happens with the fixed image size and text location? I do not have an...
View ArticleAlternative to tag
Anyone know how to make a "facsimile" of what the <ruby> tag can display in MOBI?
View Articledrop caps in paperwhite?
I have been vexing over this for a long while to no fruition. I'm wishing to make dropcap on a file, however although it shows perfectly in Sigil, when I converted the file to azw3 and transferred it...
View ArticleCovers and fonts for the Kindle Fire
I've spent the last couple of weeks wrapping my head around coding a mobi via Notepad++ and KindleGen, and despite some likely horrible code, I have a result which looks great in Kindle Previewer and...
View Articlecan I use SVG images in mobi?
Sorry, this seems like such a simple question, but I can't seem to find a simple answer. I realize the new KF8 format supports SVG, but can I use SVG images in the regular mobi 7 format?
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Old-style numerals/small caps support?
I embedded a subset font* with small caps and old style numerals in an ePub, which displayed fine in Sigil and ADE, but I when compiled it with the latest version of KindleGen, the embedded font seems...
View ArticleCreator mobi and prc question
I have used Mobipocket Creator to create a book, and the default end-product is in prc format. When I emailed the book to my Kindle Fire it looked perfect, except for one thing: I could see the cover...
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Can i rotate text and insert images in Mobi and EPUB?
I have attached 3 pictures. I am converting an ebook in PDF format to mobi and epub. The tools i am using are calibre and sigil. In picture 1 can i rotate a paragraph? and put a picture like it in...
View ArticleGoing crazy over images in MOBI
Tearing my hair out over 1)MOBI formatting, 2)whether it converts every image to a JPG, and 3)its bloated file size: I have (for me) a huge concern. I have two illustrated moose joke books ready to go....
View ArticleBook Designer Struggles
I'm about to throw a chair across the room. I'm an amateur at this self-publishing internet stuff and I could really use some help. I am going to use mobi for my book but apparently one must first use...
View ArticlePhotoshop cover templates/tips for Kindle?
I am a Photoshop novice and am trying to work out how to do a decent basic cover layout for a Kindle ebook. Can anyone either walk me through the basic procedure or point me to a template that works...
View ArticleConversion to mobi
Hi there! How should I go about converting other file formats (specifically epub, lrf, pdf) into a decent mobi file. I tried using calibre to convert however, the results were not at all to my liking....
View ArticleSVGs are centered by KF8, how do you prevent it?
Hi all, KF8 seems to center and put SVGs on their own page by default. Does any know how to prevent that? The code below creates a graphic at the top and then the h3 and p tag is supposed to appear...
View ArticleKindle for Android and Cloud Reader Ignoring Start ID Tag
Anybody else reported a problem with this? It's just the Cloud Reader and Kindle for Android. Every other Kindle device and reading app reads the start tag and opens where it should just fine. The only...
View ArticleXHTML and MOBI
Hi, as far as I know, one should use html to make a mobi ebook. Can I use XHTML to make a mobi as I do with ebub? Thanks for your help
View ArticleSearch the contents of all my .mobis?
I have several hundred unDRMed .mobi ebooks and I would like to search across the contents on Windows XP (and if possible, also Android 1.6 and 2.1). For example, if I'm looking for the word...
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