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kindlegen dictionary creation

Hi I am trying to create a dictionary for my kindle. It is quite a large one, and I've splitted into 16 files each of them are around 20mb. While I am trying to generate the dictionary, kindlegen gives me the following error: Error(prcgen):E21013:…
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How can I select text in Freda?

I installed Freda reader in my PC with Windows 10 and my phone with Android. I cannot select text in any of the two devices. When I try to select a text, Freda interprets that I want to change the page. How can I select text?
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How do I get epubs from my Inbox to my PC Kobo?

Not interested in eReaders. I just want to take epubs in my mailbox and put the into my desktop Kobo.
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Calibre: Difference between "Date" and "Published"

When editing the metadata of a book on Calibre, there are two fields that seem to have the same meaning: "Date" and "Published". What's the difference between the two?
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Can't find books I have bought

I have bought many books but only a few showed up on my Kindle even though they are listed when I go to my account at Amazon. The Help app says go to "storage" but I can't find it. How do I correct this problem so that I can see the titles of all…
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Why won't Microsoft EDGE show EPUB ebooks?

I have been using the Microsoft EDGE web browser to read EPUB ebooks (my favored format, since they're smaller than the equivalent MOBI/AZW3 or PDF ebook file). However, EDGE now won't show the content once loaded. How can I fix this?
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Ellipsis flowing to next line in epub

I'm currently doing an epub where the original scanned pdf has many "xxx !…" — that's any word (xxx)… followed by a thin space… followed by an exclamation mark, followed by an ellipsis. In unicode code points: xxx U+202f U+0021 U+2026 I use a bunch…
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How to send a long web page to a Kindle device?

What's the simplest solution to send a long web page to a Kindle device? Normally I use five filters, but it sometimes barfs. In this case I'm guessing it's simply the size of the page. I'm looking for a one-click alternative to the five filters…
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Transferring “copied to kindle” mobi ebook files from one iPad to another

I just upgraded my iPad and have the kindle app on both. My problem is that I have a lot of ebooks stored on my old iPad that were sent to me as advance reader copies via bookfunnel etc. that were copied to kindle. They show up in my kindle library…
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iOS app to read books from Calibre library store in iCloud drive

I'm looking for an app (or apps), which can access and use Calibre library, stored in iCloud. It was pretty easy to set up Calibre on both macOS and Windows to simply load the library from a directory in iCloud drive, but I cannot figure out a…
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ebook-edit in calibre automation with python

I want to write a python automation program for merge html files in a epub using ebook-edit(in MacOS sub directory) in calibre. I know how to do it manually but I want to it many epub files automatically in python. What should I do after the opening…
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I can't connect my Kobo Glo to my Laptop

All of a sudden, I'm unable to connect my 1st gen. Kobo Glo to my Laptop. It usually worked without any kind of problem (I sideloaded a book not earlier than 15 days ago), but today I was totally unable to connect it. My laptop has is a dual boot…
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How do I filter out read items in a collection in Kindle?

I read a lot of short material on my Kindle Oasis, which I add to a collection to remember reading them later. I want a way to get rid of read items in this collection.
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Calibre: suppress message that is displayed when opening to Full Screen

When opening to full screen, Calibre displays a splash with instructions. I have been using Calibre long enough that I don't need to see this message. Is there any way to suppress this?
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Is there a way to produce an epub with numbered equations?

Is there a way to produce an epub with right-justified numbered equations? I can produce the document using Microsoft Word plus MathType or using a TeX editor. I am looking for an automatic procedure to translate the file to ePub format.
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