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Does Scribd pay non premium authors?

I wanted to understand the revenue model of Scribd, but their help page is too vague. I understand that they pay authors in the premium library, but if I understood correctly that library contains books taken from the publishers, not those uploaded…

asked Feb 12 '23 at 12:00

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CSS margin coding

Can't seems to get the top margin in my dedication page. Any one can help with the below coding? Appreciate all help rendered.

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asked Feb 06 '23 at 14:15

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Explicit empty line in epub code what is the status of the support by current editors?

I opened an epub file created exporting an odf file written with a recent version of LibreOffice (7.3.6.2). All the empty lines are rendered with a space encoded as $#160; inside a span tag inside a p tag. In Calibre and Sigil they are rendered…

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asked Feb 01 '23 at 18:35

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Can an ebook really make it big?

Recently, I was having a casual conversation with a friend, and I was telling them about my great idea for a book, but I had no money to have it published professionally. He told me about this platform where I could do it all myself in the form of…

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asked Jan 03 '23 at 16:42

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Is there any way to setup a Kindle with a broken screen?

My old Kindle 4 has a totally broken and unresponsive screen for past two years. I can see about 50% of what is actually displayed, the remaining part is completely scrambled. About 1,5 year ago I started using it as a backup pendrive. It was…

asked Jan 02 '23 at 13:39

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Power consumption of color e-ink?

What is the power consumption in color e-ink based devices compared to black e-ink ones? Do the same principles apply here (for example, when image is still there is no power drain at all)? To given some concrete devices as examples: HiSense A5 Pro…

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asked Jan 01 '23 at 09:32

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How to access the Wikipedia in its entirety as an epub file?

The built-in access to Wikipedia on the Kindle is lacklustre at best. Even if it were out of date, might "the" Wikipedia be available as an epub for download? Or, perhaps that's such an extraordinarily large file as to defeat the purpose. I would…

asked Dec 23 '22 at 07:59

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Any E-Readers suggestions that supports ACSM books and scribbles / drawings?

As titled, I have recently bought a couple of books across platforms that are ACSM-encrypted, and would like to see if there is any E-Readers that supports drawing annotations. I have tried several ebook readers but was unable to find one. I would…

asked Dec 21 '22 at 13:44

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Can my self published book on Amazon KDP, be distributed via other channels?

Only after self-publishing my book on Amazon KDP, I got to know that they do not provide print book option(i.e. paperback) in major countries where my readers are e.g. India. Mainly they are providing print option only in US/UK/AUS. You might say…

asked Dec 07 '22 at 09:37

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Can you typeset documents in a universal markup language?

I was recently thinking about preparing a document, and if I could structure the information of that document in the most universal way possible. Ideally, document elements should be tagged as what they are - header, tagline, chapter, etc.…

asked Nov 27 '22 at 07:46

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Is there any best reader in all devices?

I have been using readera, xodo & kindle in my mobile for reading epub, mobi. Usually I read pdfs through default pdf Acrobat in the mobile. Also I'm using Ms edge for pdf, ice cream for epub ebooks in the windows machine. But I want to know a…

asked Nov 21 '22 at 03:42

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Uploading plain .txt to Kindle: marking bold, underline, and italics?

I have discovered through trial and error that plaintext (e.g., .txt) files sent to Kindle have at least some support for markup. I'm note sure where it happens, but if I email a plaintext file to my Send-to-Kindle eddress, some hints get…

asked Oct 12 '22 at 00:31

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Kindle App for Win 10 PC's

Since Amazon has discontinued the windows kindle App and instead replaced it with their cloud offering - which sucks to say the least. Anyone know where I may be able to download a kindle app for my Win10 PC. thanks Kevin

asked Sep 29 '22 at 13:13

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Disable extra (page?) numbers showing up in kobo

Hello I am packaging an epub book and I'm seeing numbers that aren't in my source on kobo. It looks like they're being added by kobo. They don't show up on Calibre or apple books.app or on kindle. Here's a photo: In the red circled area there's the…

asked Sep 22 '22 at 12:52

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Lookinɡ for online document to epub converter

I have been lookinɡ for an free online docx or doc to epub converter, thouɡh somethinɡ always seems to be somethinɡ a bit weird about the converters [not havinɡ imaɡes after conversion, addinɡ extra paraɡraph spaces in random spots or removinɡ the…

asked Sep 03 '22 at 13:17

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