(They can also be converted to Kindle books
using KindleGen.)
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Using KindleGen with a source EPUB is the best way to get a professional MOBI / KF8 file.
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I will be
using the KindleGen software for the conversion This conversion is necessary if the ebooks are to be used on the Kindle devices.
Kindle Fire 8 (KF8) doesn't allow for interactivity and requires you to build your book in HTML and then convert
it using KindleGen.
Scrivener allows you to convert your work into all the file types required by the different publishing platforms, including mobi files for Kindle
using the KindleGen tool from Amazon.
The conversion doesn't
use KindleGen and is perfectly legal to use.
It is best to
use KindleGen to convert your book to mobi.
It is strongly recommended that
you use KindleGen on your EPUB file, because this will result in the most professional - looking eBook.
The one thing I will say now is not to
use KindleGen It really doesn't work reliably.
You can drag a source file to Kindle Previewer, and it will
use KindleGen to convert it and then display the results.
opf file,
use kindlegen, and send the book to Amazon and opt out of that channel, too.
Not exact matches
With its emphasis on ease of
use in a reasonably powerful editing environment, it's likely to be a good option for publishers who want more control than a fully - automated service offers, but with a less «techie» approach than first - generation desktop conversion and editing tools like Calibre, Sigil or Amazon's
KindleGen.
After that, the original
KindleGen can be
used to create the older style MOBI formats from the EPUB2.01 and
KindleGen2 to make the KF8 from EPUB3.
When I want to create a mobi file that I can upload to Amazon, I prefer to
use eCub or Jutoh, because you can
use Amazon's
kindlegen tool with them.
Then, we will discuss best practices you can
use when creating your ePub files that will allow them to auto - convert to the Kindle format through
KindleGen.
I would suggest
using HTML and the
KindleGen software to create a.
I do not recommend uploading the Word doc for publication, but
using an HTM or mobi file created by
KindleGen — you can do this by saving the word file to HTM, and then zipping both the HTM page and the images folder created (as a ZIP) file and uploading that.
You need to convert the EPUB format into the MOBI / KF8 format by
using a command - line program from Amazon.com called
KindleGen, which is available for free from Amazon.com.
When you open the Kindle ePub file, the Kindle Previewer will
use Amazon's
KindleGen to compile the actual mobi file.
KindleGen is a command line tool
used to build eBooks that can be sold through Amazon's Kindle platform.
KindleGen is a proprietary tool provided by Amazon to be
used to convert source files to AZW format and KF8 be
used on the Amazon Kindle reader.
The best way to handle these differences is with a special construction in the CSS file which will be
used by
KindleGen to make the needed changes in the file.
Note: By downloading the
KindleGen, Kindle Plugin for Adobe InDesign, or Kindle Previewer applications you are agreeing to the terms of
use.
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.
They came through with a small change to the final release version of
KindleGen that allows the
use of negative values in the text - indent CSS property.