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Selectively Pull HTML website book with ToC Links in Frames into an Epub? excluding library links & other books
This is related, but has some issues in working. How can I convert an HTML site into an ebook?
Top > Website Menu
Left Frame > Table of Contents (Multi Level Nested Tree with JScript I think)
Right Frame > Content relevant to Link from ToC…
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Publishing an ebook for free on Kindle Direct Publishing?
When doing research on improving SEO/site traffic, something that was often mentioned was using Kindle Direct Publishing as a method for generating this.
Is it possible to upload resources that we have created and have them up there for free?
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How to rename epubs when the file name is a numeric string?
I have a number of EPUB titles that need renaming, from the likes of "1631214659.epub" to "Moon's Napa and Sonoma" and so on. They load into Calibre under their actual titles, but I still need to rename the source file appropriately for archiving.…
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How to prevent the "flash" on Kindle e-readers?
I have avoided buying a Kindle e-reader and opted instead to read on my laptop to avoid the "flash" that occurs on the Kindle screen. The background and font will invert colors briefly every 5-10 pages or so and it's a bit distracting. I'm aware the…
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Endnote formatting when using epub and kindlegen
I try to use ePub formatting as below. This is based on the output of the pandoc tool.
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How to avoid image distortion when convert my .epub to .mobi
I have Indesing book for printing.
I optimized all styles for epub conversion.
I exported my book to epub from Indesing.
I unzipped my epub and work on its HTML code. Then I zip it again.
I need to convert .epub to .mobi, but only in .mobi version…
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Is there any way to remove DRM from DAISY ebooks?
DAISY is a digital ebook format designed for blind and disabled people. There are two kinds of DAISY books, "open" books which can be freely read by anyone, and "protected" books which have DRM and can only be read if you have a device equipped…
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Kindle vs Hyperlinked Images
I should have tested my first epub better before publishing it to Kindle. I just now discovered that Kindle apparently doesn't support hyperlinked images, which seems bizarre to me.
Can anyone tell me if there's any kind of workaround for this? My…
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CSS: Spans vs Font Families
I'm using Sigil to create epubs and iBooks primarily to preview them, and I have a recurring CSS problem that's driving me nuts. I'm not really sure if it's just a problem with spans or with a variety of nested elements, but here goes...
Imagine a…
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Are soft hyphens supported by epub devices?
Sometimes it would be useful to hyphenate some long words, so that the spaces between words remain small even in case of justified text. This is even more important when reading in a small device, where a line can contain only a few dozen…
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Removing white background from linked images
My first epub looks fine when viewed in iBooks, but it has a problem in Kindle.
Hyperlinked home page icons have a white background. So a triangular image just looks like a big white square.
I added this to my style sheet:
a { background: none;…
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using the same javascript library several times in an ibook
I have a question similar to the one asked here, but I did not understand the answer given to that question. I would like to use mathjax and JSXGraphs in several widgets with iBooksAuthor, but I would like to add these only once. The default way is…
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What determines whether or not I can use Pocket for a page on Kobo Reader?
I recently discovered that I could use Pocket to wirelessly send webpages I wanted to read onto my kobo reader.
It is great, because it reformats them nicely into something I can adjust the font-size on and without nav-bars etc.
I've mostly used…
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.OTF vs. .TTF for embedding fonts in epub/kindle reading systems: which is better?
I am testing some of the Google free fonts for embedding in epub files (following directions from this article):
The downloadable fonts are TTF, but the epub 3 spec says:
Reading Systems with a CSS Viewport must support OpenType [OpenType] and
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Red ants entered Amazon Kindle 7 generation
My amazon kindle is of 7th generation. I have found that red ants have entered my kindle through the data transfer slot. How should I get rid of them before they damage my kindle?
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