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Need suggestion on selecting the font type for self-publishing book
I just want to know what sort of fonts are appealing to the users, in book format and also in e-book format?
I did the normal internet search and found lots of information, still most of them are talking about,
Serif Sans.
I'm using open serif,…
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Adding Video links to an ebook
I am new to ebooks and am not really sure of the capabilities of the system. I have written a number of technical books which I was considering turning into video lectures. Now I think it would be much better to convert them to ebooks.
My question…
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How to improve image-heavy mobi-format e-book?
I am fairly new to ebook world and written a book which has many images, but I am afraid it will increase the size of the book in mobi format as well (currently I save it in Docx)
I know that Amazon provides text book creator for image-heavy books.…
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How to add a background image to each page of mobi or epub books?
How we can add background image or fancy borders to each or any single page of mobi/epub book?
as I understand epub is in html format is it possible to add the background using the css files? but I am not sure if it will impact the book quality of…
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Epub 2.0 vs 3.0
This might be judged more of a discussion than a question that can be answered, but bear with me.
I began my epub journey with a series of InDesign tutorials that instructed me to choose 3.0 as the default setting. I quickly gave up on InDesign and…
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Accessing Kindle Paperwhite With Shattered Screen
I brought a Kindle last autumn. So far I have only loaded a few books onto it. However my partner has shattered the screen. Is there any way I can pull the books off - two are particularly important - so that I can put them on another device. The…
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Can I use Google Docs to write an ebook for Kindle?
I'm in the process of writing my first eBook. The writing is nearly finished - I will be done by Tuesday.
Currently I'm writing in Google Docs and I plan to publish on Kindle. Are these compatible? If not, what should I do with the document I…
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My HTML toc is not showing up in Calbre MOBI output
My docx has an HTML linked TOC. I select Do Not Include table of contents and the output MOBI has the Go To Table of Contents greyed out. If I leave the Do Not include Table of Contents blank then the Go To works but links to an ugly read version of…
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Sub-chapters based on h2 tags in ePub file
I have an ePub file that I generate in which I have chapters and sub-chapters.
I found here an example of how to create sub-chapters in the ncx file.
I quote here the answer of @macjohn
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Are image subfolders allowed in Sigil?
I started out with InDesign. I was able to create a simple epub, then drag it onto eCanCrusher to crack open its contents. I could then copy images from another location into my epub and drag it back onto eCanCrusher, resulting in an epub filled…
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Breaks and White Space in Epubs
I created an epub framework in InDesign, exported it as a book, then opened it with BBEdit so I could import my html files.
It's working great, except that break tags trigger errors. I got another error message for the entity nbsp. (I'm previewing…
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Importing XHTML Files into InDesign
I just watched a series of InDesign tutorials on Lynda.com. It looks relatively simple, but one thing I'm hung up on is importing content.
I created my book as a website in Dreamweaver, so I could get some idea of how it will look. I then learned…
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How to read .DOC with Kindle paperwhite
It's said that only a few types of files are supported on Kindle including .azw, .azw1, .txt, .mobi, and .prc. However some of my .DOC files are still shown on Kindle, while other .DOC files are not.
Wondering why?
Are there some specifications to…
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Fix spelling errors in epub file via rtf of same book?
I am reading a book I got as ePub but it has a lot of OCR errors, for example: "is" becomes "!5" and so on. I tried to find another version of the book without the errors but the only one I could find is an RTF file, meaning it doesn't have the…
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Can readers display books "by the page"
Most readers I've encountered show their book contents as text, ie. as a continuous stream, instead of the "page view" you find in physical books or PDF. the "next page" button brings you not to "one page ahead" but instead to "one page worth of…
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