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Interior Image requirements for non-Kindle distributors & devices with retina displays?
I am happy to see that the Kindle Formatting Guide is accepting high resolution image files for interior images and downconverting as needed.
I was wondering if other ebook distributors are doing something similar. Or do other distributors require…
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Collections Mangement of Kindle Paperwhite 3
I got my Kindle Paperwhite 3 yesterday and it's my first kindle.
I found the collections is very usefull(which is similary to tags I guess?). Since kindle is slow, I want to group my hundreds of books in PC.
In Calibre I install the "Kindle…
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Embed a CDF file into an EPUB 3
Can a Wolfram Computable Document Format (CDF) file be embedded in an EPUB 3 container? If not, is it possible to convert the CDF to HTML5 and then embed it?
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What is the different compatible formats between Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Fire?
More specifically, I would like to know why this eBook is not compatible with the Kindle Paperwhite.
It says that it is a print-replica with the additional features given by X-ray which is compatible with the paperwhite.
Why is it not compatible?
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Is it possible to sell PDF as Kindle books on Amazon?
I have a book that has a fixed layout, so it's not really easy to transfer it to ePub format (no one can manage to do that). I'm thinking of selling it as a PDF.
Is it possible to sell it as a Kindle book if it's just a PDF file?
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No .indd files to convert for Kindle publishing
I have been asked to create a Kindle ebook from a PDF document. This ebook will be published on Amazon website officially. I checked on the Kindle website and they had a plugin to convert the file directly into Kindle-compatible format. The issue is…
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Online ebooks opensource platform that can be hosted on a server
I want to host an ebook website for students where they can find different PDF/PPT/TXT files. I want to provide them access to download these types of files for free.
Is there any software/online platform available as Open Source, so that I can…
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How to remove and add certain pages from pdf file?
There are PDF files which are very long and most of the pages don't provide any essential information. So I want to keep only those pages which are relevant and want to get rid of unnecessary material. I have found threads which provide information…
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Merge PDF files
I already read the thread how to merge epub files but Is there any way by which I can merge different pdf files into one. Earlier I have tried an app for this purpose but I lost all my pdf files after merging.
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Convert fixed layout epub to fixed layout mobi
I have one fixed layout epub and I would like to convert this epub in to fixed layout mobi file. What code do I need to remove from epub and what steps do I need to follow.
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What devices support reading scanned PDF documents well?
To focus, please assume I care only about one thing: The experience of reading "side loaded," scanned PDF files of books downloaded off the Internet on a portable device. There is an upper bound of around 200MB for a single file.
I am not…
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Page flipping effect in eBooks
I am new to the world of ebook publishing. I have created an ebook of format .epub and I am wondering what can I do to enable a page flipping effect when user navigates from one page to another, on a touch or non-touch device.
Here is a Wikipedia…
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Ebook content versus physical book content
What are the differences between ebook content and physical book content in terms of readability and/or sales? For example, are there any studies regarding the differences between the content that is considered readable on e-readers and content that…
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My Nook Simple Touch screen is no longer responding to touch reliably. How can I fix it?
Over the course of several months, my Nook Simple Touch became less and less responsive to touch. It also became more and more sensitive to temperature conditions of my fingers and the environment.
I took it to a Barnes and Noble store and they…
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How do I determine the latest firmware version for a Bookeen Odyssey?
When I look at the page for downloading firmware it displays
Cybook Odyssey Firmware Update - Version 5.2 (build 1780)
Is that the latest release, I red somewhere about version 5.2 build 1894 also.
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