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Can I copy or publish, text from a website.
Can I copy or publish text—from a website—that is in the public domain?
The text was already published as hard cover, in many apps, and as PDF. But never for Kindle (AZW3).
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What page size maximizes readability across common ebook readers?
Suppose that I have to create a PDF ebook (meaning no automatic word reflow, etc). What page size (width by height) maximizes readability across common e-readers and mobile devices?
Context: I typically create my ebooks using LaTeX, meaning that…
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Is it advisable to add sound excerpts to an ebook?
As far as I know, many ebook readers may also play music. Does it make sense to create an ebook which contains (internal) link to audio snippets? Does the ePub standard allow it?
(snippets would be copyright-free; moreover they should be internal…
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High resolution small-size pdf
PDFs on archive.org are in high resolution yet has relatively small size. For example, this book. The book's resolution is 500 ppi and 46 Mb size.
What I did was I extract the pages using Adobe Acrobat to png with ppi 500, compressed using…
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Under what conditions should I apply for ISBN numbers for digital works?
An organization I work with has a few (non English) original works that I will be helping them to publish online and in eBook format. We do hold the publishing rights for these as they are basically compilations of works written in-house (or in one…
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Can I use a third party software as a full OS replacement on a Kindle Keyboard?
If you purchase a new PC, it comes preloaded with some software, this is mostly just a convenience. You could reformat the drive, remove all the windows software and load Linux or similar software, as your operating system.
An ereader is essentially…
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Can I change the cover of a mobi/epub book?
Can I change the cover of a mobi/epub book so that in Kindle or Aldiko reader software, the book cover is shown as my own customized cover?
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When it is better to use plain HTML instead of CSS?
I published a book which contains some (simple) math formulas, like axn+bxn−1+ … + hx + k = 0. Such formulas may be displayed just with (X)HTML, as you may see. However, some friends of mine complained that on their Kindle the formulas were…
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Start Calibre, update feeds, transfer files and close
I want to use Calibre for subscribing to RSS feeds, download new articles and bundle them in .mobi files. These files should be send to my Kindle via mail.
Both these processes work without problems, but I do not want to have Calibre running all the…
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Can one use two Amazon accounts on one Kindle?
For historical reasons I happen to have two accounts on Amazon,
and I would prefer to keep both, as they are in different countries.
I have ebooks in both accounts. Can I access both accounts with the
same kindle or kindle app and download the books…
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Connect Kobo Touch to Linux PC using USB; PC not recognized by reader
I have an old Kobo Touch that has gone unused for a year or two. Now I want to copy new books to it. This used to be easy: Connect via USB to my PC (running Linux), click "connect" in the dialog box that pops up on the reader, copy files to the…
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Can you use a Kindle without an Amazon account?
I'd like to know if it is possible to use a Kindle reader without having an Amazon account, but rather only uploading the reader's own files into the device.
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Epub OPF 'spine' element: how to exclude an html file from linear reading order, while allowing it to be accessed from a link
I converted an html source to epub with Calibre. Original 'html' source has got an individual html file for each footnote. Footnotes' files are reported in element of my content.opf, so they show up and can be navigated at the end of the…
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Is it possible to convert Pocket articles into epub format?
I'd like to know if there is an easy way to convert Pocket articles to .epub format.
For those that don't know Pocket, it is a service that let's you save articles from any website, blog, and so on, and read them whenever you want on your favourite…
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When should I completely poweroff an eink device rather than putting it in stand-by?
Given that the technology of eink screens make it so that even during normal usage the power requirement is kept lower than other kind of displays, when it is advisable to completely shut-down the device instead than putting it in stand-by? I'm…
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