Questions tagged [kindle]
A brand of e-book readers and tablet devices produced by Amazon.
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How do I change the language of the Wikipedia page available in the cards?
When I read ebooks in English or French and want to look for the wiki page of, say, a famous person, I only have access to the wiki page in Portuguese (I'm in Brazil) but often that page is ...
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How to send a larger mobi book to a Kindle?
As you can see, the mobi file is 44M which presumably is too large for something somewhere along the line in getting this into the kindle e-mail service:
thufir@dur:~/Calibre Library/William Rothwell$...
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Overwrite book when sending updated version to kindle by mail
There's this collection of web pages (say, a blog) I'd rather read on my kindle device. Using pandoc, I turn them into an epub book, and in turn using kindlegen I convert them to mobi and send them to ...
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Kindle PW3 disappears in Amazon account's device list: lost or not used for a very long time?
I don't know whether I lost my Kindle or left it somewhere in my house since I haven't used it for over a month. Now when I check the device list in my Amazon account, I just couldn't find it. Does it ...
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How is math displayed on Kindles?
I'm guessing it's through MathML. MathML is a W3 standard technology for representing math as XML in documents. It's used on the web, and this thread seems to suggest support in Kindles.
I tried ...
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Can you create flashcards in the Kindle device?
I know there are some ways to import flashcards to your kindle, but does the kindle paperwhite allow you to create them right in the device?
Just like the kindle app for android does.
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Can't exit the font size screen on the Kindle 10th gen
I really can't figure out why this is happening. Whenever I try to change the font size on the Kindle 10th gen (not paperwhite) by pinching the screen, the dialog box appears as usual showing me the ...
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why arabic is not displaying left to right on kindle
I uploaded a docx file in arabic to kdp following the required formatting. The book displays correctly on Amazon's look inside feature but a test buy did not display properly for the buyer on kindle ...
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Are there any games to Kindle Paperwhite 4?
I have a Kindle Paperwhite 4 and I just wonder, besides reading books, are there any games to play on it?
Of course a Super Mario might be too demanding to the display. However, I suppose a ...
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About notes and highlights
Is there a way of sharing my notes and highlights on a "personal document" (I mean, some book that was not bought on Kindle)? I even contacted the customer service because I thought it was something ...
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How can I see the page numbers based on my current font size
I have set a specific font size on my kindle.
But now the page number increases only after I read around 3 kindle pages.
Is there a way to recalculate the page number based on the current font size?...
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How can I add a default cover with name and author to an mobi file?
I have some mobi files without covers.
If I use calibre tool it identifies the author and the name of the book.
Is there a way to generate a default cover that contains only the name and the author of ...
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How can I save archived 4chan threads to read on my Kindle Oasis?
I want to read a bunch of old 4chan threads on my Kindle Oasis, reading with the experimental browser is an uncomfortable experience, and every time I've tried to save threads on my computer and ...
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Kindle Fire HD MyClippings.txt missing
I'm trying to extract all the highlights I have on my Kindle Fire HD - all of the books are non-Amazon (i.e. downloaded and then imported onto the device using Calibre).
When I open any of the books ...
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Where can I see the Kindle Copy Limit for a book
One of the limitation of the DRM in Kindle books is the amount of text you can copy from it. After this limit it will not allow you to copy - You have reached the publisher's copy limit set for this ...
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How do I import an EPUB e-book into my Kindle?
How do I import an EPUB (.epub) e-book into my Kindle considering that file format is not native to Kindle's?
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How do you increase the padding at the bottom of the window on Kindle?
My MOBI is looking great, except for a very tight bottom padding on Kindle. On any of the Kindle devices I'm testing with (two Android, and an eInk version), the last sentence of a page is ...
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Exporting/saving annotations and highlights for DRM-free book on Kindle Fire
I have a DRM-free book on my Kindle Fire that I’d like to annotate, but before I make that effort I want to make sure I can save/export the annotations and highlights. So far as I can tell, this is in ...
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How to view book summary on Kindle reader
When I open a book for the first time on my Kindle reader it no longer shows me the book summary (about this book).
How do I get it to show?
I have tried everything on reading options but I can't ...
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Convert math-heavy epub to mobi?
I have an epub with a lot of equations, and these get garbled when converted to mobi using calibre. (E.g., “=“ gets dropped off in the mobi version.)
They also become rather small images. (I’d prefer ...
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Disable clicking links on Kindle books
I have a Kindle Paperwhite. Frequently when reading technical books (i.e. Docker for Rails Developers, I tap to go to the next page, but accidentally click a hyperlink in the content, which jumps me ...
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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 ...
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How to display clock on lock screen?
On a Kindle 5.12.3, I can see no option to customize the lock screen.
can I set the lock screen to display the current time?
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Is it possible (and how do I do it) to set up my Kindle to talk to Calibre over Wifi, instead of talking to Amazon?
I have a Kindle Paperwhite. I also have Calibre, and a goodly number of DRM free ebooks that have nothing to do with Amazon. I'd like to be able to transfer these to the Kindle without the hassle of ...
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how to redeem Amazon gift cards on a Kindle?
I currently have some money in my Amazon account purchased through an Amazon gift card and can redeem an additional card through the web interface. I have redeemed cards directly on the kindle, but ...
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Syncing highlights made on kindle with kindle for Mac
I have a Kindle Paperwhite, on which I've transferred books from my Mac using calibre. While reading on my kindle, I've made some notes and highlights. How do I go about syncing these highlights and ...
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Kindle's sync doesn't recognize personal documents not sent via e-mail
I've added documents to my Kindle directly through my computer by connecting the Kindle to it using a USB cable.
Are these documents supposed to show up in synced documents (under Manage Your Content ...
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Fix Kindle paperwhite wifi version
I have a Kindle Paperwhite wifi version that I had bought way back in 2014 on amazon.in. The problem is it is no more opeinig and is literally a brick. A large battery with a '! ' mark over it is ...
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If you purchased this item from Amazon, delete the item and download it from the Cloud
I'll probably end up asking Amazon for a refund on:
XQuery: Search Across a Variety of XML Data
Product details
Paperback: 762 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 2 edition (Jan. 7 2016)
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How to generate Kindle AZK on the command line from mobi/epub?
I'm trying to generate an AZK file from the command line.
I need an AZK file because I need to test my Kindle books on iOS devices. These books are in Japanese, which currently is not supported for ...
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how to convert a wikibook to e-pub or mobi?
Not strictly a Kindle question, e-pub would work. PDF isn't suitable.
How can I get a wikibook, in full, on my Kindle?
Kindle support
I know it's been a bit of time, but maybe it's time to ...
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Two Kindles synced to same account - reading location being shared, but not Kindle content?
I have two Kindles (both 10th Generation Paperwhite) and one Amazon account.
Both Kindles are registered to the one Amazon account and I have enabled Whispersync in my Amazon settings.
However, if ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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What are the consequences of changing my Kindle's region?
I used to live in the US, but now I live in Germany. I own a lot of books on the US Amazon site.
I'd like to switch my Kindle to Germany so I can purchase books in German...but if I do, what happens ...
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Is it possible to sync reading status to Goodreads from only one Kindle on an account?
There are two first generation Kindle Paperwhites linked to my Amazon account; one is mine and the other is my wife's. I use Goodreads to track my reading but my wife does not; my problem is that ...
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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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log of e-books sent via e-mail from Calibre
Where can I find or generate Calibre logs for converted books and sent e-mails?
I see a pop-up for success/failure, which is good, but...sometimes the send fails. Almost always re-sending the mobi ...
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How to choose where/which to buy ebook/book online?
When searching for George Orwell's 1984, different results appear where one can buy the book. Like on kindle, or at play store here and here.
Can someone help me understand as to
why all the options ...
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Send bought books to kindle as books and not documents
I bought a book in another store "The Pragmatic Bookshelf" and I want to deliver the content to my Kindle as a Book. When I send to it, it is recognized as Document. Is there a way to do that?
I send ...
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Export annotations from (non Amazon) book on kindle
I imported a manuscript (not published by Amazon, or anyone else, at least yet) into my Kindle and used the annotation feature to note down corrections to be made.
I would now like to send the ...
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How can I download a TED transcript to a Kindle Paperwhite
How can I download a TED transcript to a Kindle Paperwhite so I am able to read the entire presentation, not just the introduction or synopsis (as I am seeing now)?
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Kindle Touch 4th Generation does not render published font correctly
I am using Calibre to create an ebook in Urdu language. The language is written from right to left. The whole book is in Unicode and uses UTF-8 encoding. If I open the book in TextEdit on Mac. Mac own ...
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Remove Kindle special offers as a gift
I found a deal on a Kindle with special offers that I want to send to someone for a gift. I don't have access to their Amazon account. Can I send them something like a voucher to remove (or just ...
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Kindle's sleep mode: keeping last page on screen
Since it is E-ink, is there a way to keep the last page read on screen instead of screensaver/ad?
(And if not, why not? it is a killer feature...)
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Can an ebook on essays sell good on amazon/kindle?
I am a newbie writer, and I am thinking of writing an ebook on collection of essays, and i need to know whether such genre sell good on amazon/kindle?
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How can I transfer data from kindle to computer without a cable?
I use kindle without using a USB cable most times. But when I want to export the myclippings.txt file, I have to use a cable to connect to computer.
I know there is a quick way to export notes, which ...
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what native fonts are there on a kindle? [duplicate]
I would like to publish an ebook which uses different fonts, but I don't want neither to embed them in the .mobi file nor have the user download them.
I am fairly sure that somewhere there should be ...
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How can I fix this kindle?
I tried to turn on my kindle DX and I found it in this state:
The screen was normal prior to that with no anomalies.The external screen is fine with no cracks or scratches.
What I remember one day ...
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Can you access Audible through Kindle for kids on the Paperwhite?
I am looking at getting a PaperWhite for my daughter, and it would be good to access Audible through it, which is a feature of the new Paperwhite.
However, it doesn't say if it is available anywhere ...
