Problem with Percentage Measurements
I am working on a fixed layout ebook for Kindle Fire. I am trying to convert all the absolute positioning measurements form pixels to percentages. But I can't get it to work. There is no consistency...
View Article.mobi + cellpadding/cellspacing
I usually make my EPUBs from scratch, and I recently finished one and it's in tip-top shape; looks exactly how I want it to. Used Calibre to convert to .mobi, which I've never had a great deal of...
View ArticleWatermarking mobil files for Kindle?
Hi folks, since Amazon's DRM protection is broken I am looking for other / additional ways to protect my content. Is it possible to watermark the mobil files for Kindle?
View ArticleMobi / Prc Readers For Iphone
Hello, I've only been able to find two Iphone apps for the mobi / prc format: Kindle and EbookMobi. Any others? Specifically I'm looking for a mobi reader that allows you to change justification...
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ePub to mobi via KindleGen has no pop-up menu
I've just done my first conversion from ePub to mobi/azw3 with KindleGen. Although the conversion seemed to go well when I open the mobi file on my upgraded Kindle3 I can't do the usual...
View ArticleApostrophe in book title
Hi all. I am doing an eBook conversion for a book that has an apostrophe in the title. When converted to .mobi, the title of the book, when displayed at the top of every page, gets garbled up, and...
View ArticleBook type and pinch zoom on kindle fire
There are two options for book type when making a fixed layout ebook for a kindle fire. These are children and comic. If you choose comic you get the nice pinch and zoom feature to enlarge the whole...
View ArticleKindleGen and KindlePreviewer v2.8 Update
Links below: KindleGen v2.8 KindlePreviewer v2.8
View ArticleMobigen Index not supported for enhanced mobi
To avoid duplicate posts please have a look at this thread which might be better anwsered from this forum community.
View ArticleProblem with Open Font Licensed typeface?
The Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines (page 28) seems to make a request against embedding open source fonts (if I'm using that expression correctly). Specifically, to quote: "Only embed fonts that...
View ArticleDo you have to offer exclusive deal with Amazon?
I have read the conditions for Kindle Direct Publishing Select which requires authors or publishers to make an exclusive deal with Amazon. I would like to check that it is till possible to sell eBooks...
View ArticleAmazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines version 2013.1 Questions
Amazon has recently released an update to their "Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines" -- version 2013.1 (can be downloaded here) They have not, however, released new samples that reflect their new...
View ArticleHow to use 'format' in tags for dictionaries?
I'm having a really hard time trying to figure out how to use the change/format what the Kindle displays in the index of a dictionary. This is what I would like to achieve: for a given headword, when...
View ArticleCapabilities of Kindle app for iPad
I'm not quite sure whether this belongs here or in the iPad forum, so please move if appropriate. Is there a list anywhere showing what HTML/CSS the Kindle app for iPad can cope with? The background to...
View ArticleHow do fixed forced alignment in a Kindle book
Hi. I have updated a book of mine that is available on the Kindle store. I have received a quality control message from Kindle that says Quote: "The body text in your book has forced alignment. It's...
View ArticleColumns in mobi format
Hello Everybody, I recently downloaded a newspaper on the Kindle and it has a two column layout which works very well. Does anybody know how they do this?
View ArticleRemoving Personal Doc Tag [PDOC] from .mobi file
I create an epub file in Sigil (which is excellent) and then use Kindle Previewer to convert the file to a mobi file for use on the various Kindle devices. The only snag is that whenever I transfer the...
View ArticleHow do I start on the cover image?
Hi ! I want my mobi file to open on the cover image. How can I do that? All my epubs start on the cover page and I want the same for the mobi files. What should I write in the <guide> section of...
View Articleformatting issue re: capital letters go missing!
Good morning all I am one step from a successful migration to MOBI but one irritation keeps me from getting to the end. The capital letters of the heading do not stay from the EPUB/Sigil to the MOBI....
View ArticleOccitan language not recognized in metadata.
Hi ! Kindlegen refuses the following <dc:language>oc</dc:language> in the opf file: Error(prcgen):E23006: Language not recognized in metadata. The dc:Language field is mandatory. Aborting....
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