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The preferred solution (and the one I use) is to create default css outside of the media query breakpoints, and then this css will apply to e-ink devices (which don't support media queries -- even the amzn-mobi one, to my knowledge)
You should check the PDF of "Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines" on their website. Current version is 2015.4
I think your ...
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By itself I don't think book trailers accomplish very much; they have to be coordinated with other publicity/marketing methods.
On the other hand, Amazon and Smashwords allow book trailers (with Amazon, you have to create an account on Author Central). So it gives potential readers a different kind of medium which can justify the purchase decision.
I have ...
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Hi LaserYeti and welcome to the forum!
I personally don't agree with the usage of video for advertising a book. I think it is more logical to use the same type of media to advertise your product: Movies advertise with trailers and book advertise with written text like samples. For example making a website that promotes your work is not a bad idea! Also, ...
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If you plan on advertising or promoting your book on Facebook and some other platforms, you will usually get a bigger reach with video than with an ad featuring a still photo, so that's one reason in favor.
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I admit I am not into videos at all (ok, I made a video interview for the first book I wrote, but it was more fun than other), but I believe that having a chapter freely available should be a better publicity for the book. Of course, your mileage may vary: if you are good and brilliant in producing videos, and you like it, probably it will help sales.
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I came up with something very close to what you have, see this thread:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=274927
The media query I have is:
/*
kindle 1/kindle 2/kindle DX,
paperwhite portrait,
paperwhite landscape,
"other kindles" portrait,
"other kindles" landscape,
voyage portrait,
voyage landscape
*/
@media amzn-mobi,
amzn-kf8
and (...
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Or is this an actual query which is digested and followed by the Kindle app on the ipad?
This is an actual media query that you can use in Kindle KF8 books.
For example, you could use the following code to display paragraphs in red if the orientation is changed to landscape.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//...
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