Kindle Previewer puzzle
This morning I wanted to make a quick MOBI of a project, so I dragged its EPUB over Kindle Previewer, with Settings on iPad (where I had left it when I used Previewer last): And this is what I saw at the…Continue Reading →
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Trouble with Kindle Previewer?
If you work on a Mac running OS X 10.11 El Capitan (or have just installed Kindle Previewer on an older Macintosh operating system), you might get an error when launching Previewer for the first time. In fact, you probably…Continue Reading →
EPUB Links
#eprdctn Hour: Adding read aloud content Ken Jones of CircularFlo led an interesting discussion about inserting read aloud features to Fixed Layout books. It’s a lot of hand work, but his product offers a solution. Adobe Max: Anne-Marie Concepción’s session on…Continue Reading →
Kindle Publishing Guidelines: Updated
Amazon has just released a new edition of their Kindle publishing guidelines, version 2015.3. Page 2 of the Guidelines contains a revision history. Briefly, there’s news about using KindleGen to create your mobi file; some updates to image guidelines, an…Continue Reading →
Links for the weekend
#eprdctn hour: XML Workflow Fact-filled hour with discussions of the hows and whys of the XML workflow, including how to get authors and editors on-board, how to edit XML-based InDesign files, MSWord considerations, and more. https://storify.com/KevinBNGO/xml-workflow EPUBCHECK 4 EpubCheck 4…Continue Reading →
This weeks links
#eprdctn hour India Amos (@Indiamos), Senior Content Producer, ePubs, at Amplify Education, led this week’s discussion on documenting workflow. Read the Storify edition here: https://storify.com/LauraB7/eprdctn-documentation-habits EPUB hyphenation Following a spirited discussion on Twitter over how to hyphenate long names and…Continue Reading →
QuarkXPress 2015: New eBook options
InDesign might be the application of choice for a large segment of print production and ebook development, but QuarkXpress is used worldwide to do the same tasks. Sérgio Teixeira, a designer and ebook developer working in Porto, Portugal, shows us some features of the…Continue Reading →
Amazon: Typography Rules!
Amazon has done us all a favor and added hyphenation and a new font (Bookerly), and has refined its support for drop caps. Professional typesetting standards are now supported! We can provide high-quality ebooks to our readers, knowing that a drop cap will align nicely…Continue Reading →
Fixing Kindle Previewer on OS X Yosemite
Apple’s newest OS X release, Yosemite, seems to be breaking Kindle Previewer. Here’s how to fix it. Install Java Download the Apple supported version of Java here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US Install xQuartz Install xQuartz from here: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/ Once both of these applications are installed you…Continue Reading →
Media Queries for Kindle Devices
Ever wanted to treat the appearance of an ebook on a Paperwhite different from its appearance on a Kindle Fire? You’ll need to use media queries. Here’s a quick list of media queries to specify Kindle devices (and explanation of what…Continue Reading →