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Why does Google Play Books not allow search for uploaded books?
I just uploaded an eBook I bought directly from the publisher to my Google Play Books account and went to search for some text in the book only to see the following text come up in a tooltip when I hovered on the search magnifying glass…
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How to split an EPUB into multiple files of one chapter?
An EPUB book has multiple chapters. What method to split it into multiple files, each of them consist one chapter, effectively?
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How to download & transfer from Kindle or Amazon.com to PC
How can I download & transfer an eBook from Kindle or www.amazon.com to PC? I have the Kindle for PC and Kindle for Android apps. I can't find an option to do it in the apps.
For the web browser on www.amazon.com, under Account > (Manage) Your…
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How to install KOReader on Kobo Aura ONE
I am a complete beginner with Kobo or generally ebook readers but I got a Kobo Aura ONE reader mostly for reading PDFs on its large screen. However, the builtin reader is not very great and I have heard very good things in this regards about the…
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Kobo Aura One or the new 7 inch Kindle Oasis for PDF files?
I have an old 2009 Kindle 4 with its low resolution screen. I work in academia so I read books, articles and technical documents in PDF format on a daily basis. I once tried to use my old Kindle for that but it caused more pain than it helped…
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How do I make Calibre convert CBZ to EPUB without images shrinking or conversion?
I've got comics in CBZ format with pictures in 2k or 4k pixels tall and when I try converting them to EPUB, Calibre shrinks the pictures to 1k or under, making them very blurry to view on a mobile or tablet. Is there a setting or type of script I…
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How are Kindle standard pages calculated?
How does Amazon Kindle count a standard page?
Or, if I may ask more specifically:
What is a believable range of character lengths for a standard page as calculated for Amazon Kindle?
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Does .epub support inline links?
I want to better understand what options the .epub format have to provide more dynamic experiences than just reading a text linearly.
Is there a way to have links inside an ePub that point to another location in that ePub?
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Selling ebooks of school textbooks
I have a scan machine at my home so i have scanned a lot of school textbooks to create ebooks. I am wondering if it possible for someone to buy an ebook from me in this manner and for it to be legal.
What i want to do is to create a website that…
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Publishing blog posts as an ebook at Smashwords
Is publishing an ebook through Smashwords allowed if the ebook consists of nothing more than blog posts you've originally written? For example, a collection of "Best of" posts with no extra material.
Reading their Terms of Service, in the Author's…
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How do I wipe clean kindle e-reader?
How do I wipe clean (for selling) a kindle e-reader. There is no option under settings. I have also held the power button for 20 seconds.
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What are serif and sans serif fonts on different ebook reading systems?
In epub and kindle css, you can specify a fallback font by specifying
p {font-family: "Georgia", serif}
h1 {font-family: "Helvetica", sans-serif}
If various reading systems have defaults for serif and sans-serif, can you tell me what they are?…
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is there any software available to directly write in mobi format?
is there any software in which I can directly write so that the book directly can be saved as .mobi file WYSIWYG format?
I do not like to convert the book as it takes a lot of time and testing in kindle previewer. is there any solution maybe…
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Finding the home screen's most recent books on Linux
Sony PRS-650 shows the three most recent books on its home screen. How can I modify this top three and how can I list the current ones when the device is connected to a PC running Linux?
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Creating an eBook with GIF animations
I run a technical blog and publish articles regularly that have GIF animations. Examples: one two three.
I plan to aggregate a bunch of these articles into an eBook of sorts. I know I could break out the animations into individual, still images, but…
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