Unanswered Questions
363 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Automatic transfer of annotations in sideloaded book in Nook Android app
I have a couple non-Nook Android devices with the Nook app installed on them -- a tablet and a phone -- and several epub books that I read and annotated on the tablet. I was surprised, when I copied ...
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Is Amazon planning an alternative to the Kindle DX?
Over the past four years, I have loved my Kindle DX because of its large screen, which has been very helpful for reading PDFs. The keyboard has also been helpful. It's e-ink, which is easy on the eyes....
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How to access developer tools in iBooks on macOS Monterey (version 12)
How do I access developer tools in iBooks on macOS12 (Monterey)?
We have epubs with multiple-choice questions, and we use Javascript to make them interactive (i.e. click on an option, see if you're ...
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Indesign -> Kindlegen -> Kindle flattens TOC?
I'd like 4 levels of hierarchy in my Kindle navigational TOC (aka "logical TOC" in Kindle Publishing Guidelines terminology), but when I do this:
1. InDesign CC → File → Export → (choose my nested ...
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Transfer highlights in side-loaded book from Kindle to Android
I have a side-loaded book on my Kindle and make highlights in it while reading.
Is it possible to transfer the highlights to my Android so that they appear in the same places in the book when opened ...
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Basic CSS not working in Kindle iOS App
I have some really simple CSS styles that work fine in the Kindle preview software, and on my actual Kindle Paperwhite, but when I send it to my iPad/iPhone and use the Amazon Kindle App, they don't ...
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Can I view books scanned to PDF on Kindle Classic?
I have many books scanned to PDF (the content are the graphic images, no OCR processing). Will Kindle Classic be able to view such PDFs? Aren't they too heavy? Acrobat Reader on my old smartphone ...
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Does Kindle (classic) support all embedded fonts in PDFs?
I have PDFs using many embedded fonts from many alphabets.
Should I expect them to be viewed without any problems on Kindle, or only a part of them will be supported (for the most popular alphabets)?
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Epub conversion for a book in Hebrew
What is the best practice for converting an Indesign file in Hebrew to Epub format?
I have produced two epubs in Ebglish in the past, but apparently in Hebrew it messes the whole layout up and some ...
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Kindle Oasis: increase contrast for non-black text and images
I have a Kindle Oasis where the text and image contrast is normally great.
But now I'm reading a book (ironically it's Universal Principles of Design) that has hundreds of images which are followed ...
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Produce a single file .mobi using Calibre
I'm trying to convert an epub to mobi using Calibre, and I would like to produce the ebook as a single file. I've tried selecting the "insert metadata as page at start of book" as some guides suggest, ...
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How to make the Contents display in the GO TO window?
This is my table of contents:
<div style="page-break-before: always;"></div>
<h2><a name="TOC">Contents</a></h2>
<div class="center">
<p class="...
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When the Sony Reader Store moves to Kobo will Kobo begin showing DRM?
Rather disappointing discovery. I just made my first purchase from the Sony Reader Store https://ebookstore.sony.com because a series of books I was looking for could only be found there without DRM. ...
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Epub file not turning pages on nook devices
OK, I'm having a very strange problem with a reflowable epub file I'm creating. It displays fine on most reading systems, but on the Nook, it will not advance pages across chapter breaks. Instead, it ...
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How does Google Play choose page number / how to influence it?
Our book has quite simple page numbering: 1, 2, 3 and so on. (We don't use any special numbering for the first pages, e.g.: the book title is on the page 1, technical information about the book is on ...
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