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kindle paperwhite 2 check email over 3g
I am still unable to get an answer to this question: Can I check email and do other web-browsing activities with the kindle paperwhite 2 (of course with poor quality viewing experience) over 3g? I read 3g enables access only to wikipedia and amazon…
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Is there a standard file format for distributing digital comic books?
The standard for pirated comic books seems to be a .cbz/.cbr format, as well as a less frequent epub. .pdf is being a discouraged (some would say unforgivable) option but not unheard of in the pirate-web-o-sphere.
The question is, is there an…
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How to stamp text to PDF, with a twist
The closest case I came across in this site is this question:
How can I personalize each copy of a PDF to add the reader's name or email address to each page?
However, I need something more advanced which is to add numbers to PDF containing gift…
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Block quotes in numbered lists that don't interrupt numbering
I am working on a book that has a long lists of paragraphs that are numbered as in a numbered list. Within several of the paragraphs are blockquotes, and one in particular has a blockquote followed by a resumptive paragraph (i.e. no indent, resuming…
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What ebook format to choose?
Frequently we need to resolve what format, platform and so on, will be the most useful for a particular project.
Right now I need to compare the features of digital book formats in order to deliver a digital dictionary. I didn't find a good and…
Sergio Urra
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How is an ebook made? What kind of software and hardware are used?
What is the process that is needed in order to make an ebook? I'm an student from the International Baccalaureate and I need to analyse a case study.
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How can I verify that the statistics provided by an DIY publisher are accurate?
We want to publish an (e)book through an DIY publishing company. (We haven't choose one yet).
How can we verify/be sure/cross-check that sell statistics of the publisher is accurate?
For example, we publish our book at 'Foo.inc' and they say that…
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Which distributor do authors prefer I purchase from?
I own a Kindle Paperwhite, and until now I've unthinkingly bought all my ebooks from Amazon.
It recently occurred to me that since ebook distributors take on no risk when making a book available, it doesn't seem fair that they should be earning a…
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Is there any tool I can use to examine the differences between two OCR pdfs?
I have pdf's to two solutions manuals for a textbook, and I'm trying to determine how much they differ by analyzing both copies with some sort of tool. Does such a thing exist? Is there any other way of determining the differences between two OCR…
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How can I fix the loose back power button on my Nook Simple Touch?
I have two NSTs, one with a GlowLight and one without, and they both have loose (they move slightly in their spaces) buttons on the back. Is there any way I can make those buttons fit tighter?
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Send periodicals via email
I have same RSS feeds, that I would like to read them via periodicals menu. I can create a .mobi file as need format for periodicals and send it to Kindle PW2 with usb cable or download it from a remote web server, it goes to periodicals menu as I…
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NCX TOC - Hide the external TOC in EPUB 2?
Is there a way to completely remove or deactivate the external TOC? Would the code be written in the NCX file or elsewhere? If code could be provided that would be helpful as well.
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Are Baen eARC editions generally very different from final published books?
eARC ebooks are Baen's business approach to releasing advanced book copy to the readers prior to publishing.
An eARC is an electronic Advance Reader Copy. This is an unproofed manuscript and is guaranteed to be full of typos and error. It is pretty…
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What ebook format works across platforms and is simple to translate to other formats?
What ebook format works across platforms and devices?
Is there one that is simple to translate to other formats while still maintaining high quality?
Does this depend on the type of book (fiction, no pictures vs. mathematical text with symbols and…
Kyle Kelley
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Kindle Keyboard shortcut for returning to last "page"
I have a Kindle Keyboard, and sometimes, while reading a book, if I press on the left/right key, it will throw me off to the previous/next chapter's first page.
(the nearby up/down keys invoke the dictionary, so this does happen...)
Does anyone know…
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