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iPhone 14 Nook Orientation Problem
Recently my nook app on my iPhone 14 switched to landscape mode. Normally, you just change the orientation of the phone to change the viewing mode. But it seems stuck there. It is very annoying. Any ideas how to reset it the viewing mode so it…
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Is it possible to move links or ocr layer from a djvu file to another one?
I have two similar copies of a text in djvu format:
– one copy has an OCR layer;
– the other copy has various convenient links in the "Contents" and "Subject index" pages, linking to the relevant pages in the text. But this copy doesn't have an OCR…
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How do I download TED transcripts to a Kindle Paperwhite without using Instapaper or Windows Chrome?
I am a Windows 10 user who would occasionally like to download the entire transcript of a TED presentation to my Kindle Paperwhite without having to use Instapaper or Firefox's extension for Chrome (which I do not use), and without having to do any…
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Sending Personal Computer's Screenshot of text to e-reader makes text blurrier than before. Why?
Sending Personal Computer's Screenshot of text to e-reader makes text blurrier than before when I embed the screenshot into a word document/pdf file. Why?
Image looks fine on a personal computer.
Would a new e-book reader fix this problem? Is this…
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Where/how is information on Collections stored on the Kindle Paperwhite?
Where is the (local) information about Collections stored on the Kindle Paperwhite? Any additional information about the format/structure would also be appreciated.
On my older Kindle ("3 keyboard"), there was /system/collections.json which seemed…
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Will Kindle Direct Publishing maintain my formatting around images
I know KDP can upload Word documents. I have a large part of my book completed and I want to include images. I know they will be displayed in black and white on a Kindle, but what about formatting? I want to be able to wrap my text around an image…
Martin Coetzee
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Questions about File Guidelines in KDP
I don't understand some requirements listed in here: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G202145060
Is the native file the file I give to Amazon?
What does embed fonts and images mean?
What are single-page files? Files with only one page?
If…
Kai Wang
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How to open/convert a DJVU file of a math textbook which contains equations?
I have found that some archived versions of old textbooks use DJVU files. From what I understand, the DJVU file only contains text, but perhaps I am wrong about that and there is some additional image data that is not shown in an e-reader.
Archiving…
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Looking for a PDF reader for Windows with good usability in tablet mode
I have a Surface Pro 7, and when I bought it, I intended to use it for reading A4 sized PDF books. Now I find that I almost never do so, because of low app usability.
The features I am looking for in the software app are the ones typically found in…
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E-Reader with decent browser for rendering openHAB dashboard
I'm running openHAB on my Raspberry Pi 4 with several dashboards. Now I want to display one of these dashboards on an E-Ink display and I'm looking for a good device. The openHAB dashboard is just a website (HTML with a bit of JavaScript - VueJS),…
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Ebook epub3 on Kindle Reader iOS iPhone is overriding CSS with ugly indented formatting?
I have an epub I've hand coded that looks great in Kindle Previewer, iBooks, and Kindle Reader for iPad, and physical Kindles. However, on iPhone, it is gettting rid of the CSS formatting I've designed, including the custom font, and going with what…
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Words I added to the personal dictionary are ignored
I added words to the dictionary but sigil continues to underline them with red in the editors. I closed and reopened the program (like a restart), but to no avail. There are no complicated instructions to follow, simply open Preferences, add words,…
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Can you page only half a page instead of a whole page
I always end up on a page where something I want to highlight is between two page, or copy. Is there a way to navigate half a page?
Chris Hayes
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Replacing image in EPUB causes page order to change
I have a fixed-layout EPUB. Each page is a PNG. The is structured like:
larry
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use vi/zathura bindigs with calibre viewer
I have used zathura for ebook viewing in the past. I accidentally stumbled upon the calibre ebook-viewer after downloading the editor and I quite like the extra functionality it offers. However, I can not get used to the keybindings. I have been…
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