It was easier to get started and build an audience quicker in the Kindle Unlimited world, where borrows counted as sales insofar as Amazon sales rankings were calculated, and quite frankly, it's easier to just have to
make mobi files and worry about uploading and making changes in one place.
Not exact matches
What you need to know before you upload your
file: • Supported
file types: epub, doc, docx,
mobi, odt (
file size can not exceed 10 MB) • Kobo converts all
files to e-pub format • If your
file is a doc, docx,
mobi, or odt, check Kobo's Conversion Guidelines to be sure that all formatting and chapter markers
make it into the e-pub version.
I now use word 2013 and I do wish that they had a feature that
made epub and
mobi files.
I don't understand why not but any way I use Jutoh to
make my epub and
mobi files and it works pretty good.
The only complaint was that this tool does not actually generate the
MOBI file, but Kindle Create's only function is to
make your Word document clean and ready for KDP's upload process to convert it to
MOBI.
Amazon
makes it extra tough by forcing publishers to convert their
files separately to its brain - damaged
Mobi file format when the rest of the industry has now thoroughly settled on the single EPUB standard.
Amazon's use of a modified version of
Mobi for the Kindle
makes this
file format one of the most widely used for e-books.
Amazon has
made creating print books from your ebooks simple; you can create a print book when you upload your
MOBI file; this new offering is in beta.
Calibre does
make a nice conversion from html to
Mobi files as im sure you know.
In this excerpt from Book Design
Made Simple, we lay out a few of the gains and losses for your book if you convert your InDesign
file to an ebook
file in either EPUB (most ebooks) or
MOBI (Kindle only) format.
mobi file to All Romance, but considering that I've
made the divider and logo too big, I'm going to have to redo this.
Calibre is probably the best way to
make small
files... but then you can't edit them if their are problems with the
mobi.
One question: I placed a jpg image in the zip
file where the html source is located before calling it into calibre to
make the
mobi and epub formats.
Amazon's Kindle uses only
mobi files, and so it
makes sense that you don't need an ISBN because you will only be using the
mobi file at Amazon.
Since it's very difficult to edit an epub or
mobi file directly, it's nice to have a copy of your ebook in Word in case you need to
make changes or updates.
Making changes yourself to EPUB and
MOBI files is not an easy task.
Amazon's command - line tool for developers to create
MOBI files is called KindleGen, and it is also integrated into many eBook -
making programs like Calibre.
Basically, the aspiring e-book publisher (
make no mistake: if you're doing this yourself, you now become a publisher, not merely an author, and must take on all the duties of a publisher) has three choices: (1) go with a simple, clean e-book that will be OK but not spectacularly formatted, (2) spend a lot more time and effort producing perfect
MOBI (and possibly ePub)
files, or (3) hire a professional to format the e-book for you.
In addition to giving you better control over and knowledge of the book's formatting, uploading a
Mobi file gives you the ability to add a cover image that automatically zooms on the K2 and DX, and it gives you the ability to create waypoints in the Location Bar on those devices,
making navigation between chapters as easy as a right - or left - click on the joystick.
ePub, PDF, and
MOBI, not to mention a number of other image and text
files),
making it a better choice if you get your reading material from other sources.
Once you have ebook
files ready to go (EPUB and / or
MOBI files), you have a choice to
make.
That said, the Aura H2O supports more
file formats (ePub, PDF, and
MOBI, not to mention a number of other image and text
files),
making it a better choice if you get your reading material from other sources.
Whether you convert you book into both an ePub and a
Mobi file, or just one of the two, an eBook conversion is a very cost - efficient way to
make your title available to millions of readers worldwide.
docx
file, add images as needed, and FBS
makes it a fantastic eBook for EPUB or
MOBI devices.
Yeah, THAT was worth
making the 10th
mobi file or so to find out...
To
make a long story short, I successfully created an ePub
file (and a
Mobi file, the format the Kindle uses) using... drum roll, please... eCub.
It might sound odd converting
Mobi files into
Mobi files, but Calibre adds an library number to the e-book's properties that
makes the Kindle and Kindle apps think this is an e-book supplied by Amazon, allowing it to identify the same volume on different devices.
In the early beta versions of the KindleGen 2 tool for KF8, there was no way to
make the hanging indents work properly in
Mobi while still
making a valid KF8
file, so I complained to Amazon about the need for a CSS - driven option using media queries.
So you'll need to convert the ePub to
make a Kindle compatible
Mobi file.
Unlike
mobi and epub
files, the Smashwords Word
file we
make for you does not embed your cover internally.
I tried to download a
MOBI book to my Kindle with the instructions above, but it's not showing First,
make sure you're placing the
file into the Kindle's «Documents» folder.
To use a dictionary different than English I need to
make sure that the metadata in the
mobi file has the language tag spot on (Portuguese for a portuguese dictionary).
No
MOBI, then, though the fact that EPUB
files (even those locked by Adobe Digital Editions) can be transferred to the Kobo Glo
makes this a very different beast to the Kindle Paperwhite.
BB eBooks has added another free web app to the growing arsenal of tools that eBook developers can utilize to
make building professional EPUB and
MOBI / KF8
files a breeze.
You can get the titles to your Kindle (
make sure to download
mobi format) or other e-readers and apps, including Kobo and Nook (in this case, choose epub
file).
If you've bought the book in the third - party ebookstore or found the book in one of the sites that offer free public domain ebooks,
make sure to download the
file in
mobi format.
Obviously, you can also add pdf
files, but it
makes sense only if the book is not available in
mobi.