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How can I make my highlights span multiple pages in Google Play?

I highlight my books a lot. When I come to a real articulate statement that spans multiple pages sometimes I rotate the screen to reach the end of the text of interest. However even that technique fails at times. How can I select text across…
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Is it possible to take a screenshot from a Kobo ereader device?

While answering another question, I had to post a couple of pictures of my Kobo Glo screen; these were taken by photographing it with my smartphone. I was wondering if there is some way to take a screenshot from the device itself, I.E. by pressing…
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How can I create an ebook from existing HTML files?

I will be writing software that allows me to select stretching exercises, put them in order, and then create an ebook, one per page, and then use it on my kindle. I was hoping that my software could produce the final ebook, e.g., mobi, but that…
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How do I remove tiles from the Kobo home screen?

With the newest update to my Kobo Glo, instead of the old tiles where I could just long press on something and get an option to remove it, I can't seem to do that anymore. There's this "Take a Quick Tour" image/button that now takes up almost 1/4…
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How to change text alignment with Calibre book editor

I have a book in .epub format (I will be converting it into .mobi after), and I need to change the text alignment to left everywhere. I am aware of the text alignment feature in the book editor but from what I understand it only can change…
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Can Kindle for PC be downloaded without an Amazon account?

I do not have an Amazon account and don't know much about how it works, but I really need to download the Kindle app on my PC. Is it possible? I love reading but I don't have much knowledge about how an Amazon account is used for buying, downloading…
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How can I prevent a widowed/orphaned header?

I have a chapter that has brief information for each of the 50 states. Each section begins with a state's name in a h4 tag. When I preview my book, I sometimes see a header resting on the bottom of a page, with the following paragraph on the next…
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Kindle Oasis: increase contrast for non-black text and images

I have a Kindle Oasis where the text and image contrast is normally great. But now I'm reading a book (ironically it's Universal Principles of Design) that has hundreds of images which are followed by text descriptions. Unfortunately, all the…
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Can a custom column with "Date" type be added to the tag browser?

In Calibre, I created a custom column with the type "Date". While it gets displayed as column in the ebook list, it does not appear in the tag browser. Is there a way to have a date-based column as category in the tag browser? It would be great to…
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Bulk conversion of PDF books to DJVU/MOBI/EPUB

I have an extensive library of heavily formatted PDFs which I'd like to convert. I've tried Calibre on Windows and GNU/Linux, but it throws a few errors and bails. Can someone recommend software for Win/Linux that yields good conversions in batch…
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Does erasing data before selling a Kindle remove updates I've downloaded?

I've updated my Kindle but am now selling it. If I reset to factory default, will the updates need to be downloaded again?
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is PDF not considered as an ebook format

I had a debate with my colleagues over PDF as an eBook format. I maintain, that eBook is defined as any book that is digitized, and that epub or other HTML based eBook rendering is just a type of eBook. But PDF is also considered under the umbrella…
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transfer ebooks protected by DRM to a new device -- how?

Imagine I have put some protected by DRM ebooks into a computer; imagine this computer becomes old or breaks, so that I have to change it, but I have forgot the chosen ID; how can I read these ebooks in the new computer?
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Universal Identification metadata for e-books

I would like to add to my ebooks some reference metadata so as to be able to easily find information on the web, without using a search that is often tedious, possibly difficult since each search engines has its own (weird?) way of using the search…
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Can you suggest an advanced ereader application for textbooks?

I need an ereader application that can be effectively used with textbooks; it should support features like note taking, searching, highlighting, and organizing books of any format (EPUB, PDF). What are my alternatives?
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