Sigil for Kindle?

[Notjohn]

Originally Posted by Tugger

1. Is it suitable for someone who wants to produce books for the Kindle?

Absolutely, and don't mess about with Calibre or Kindlegen or anything else. Upload the epub to the KDP, then download the converted book file (Step 6 in the publishing process) and thoroughly examine it in all possible emulations in Kindle Previewer (which can be downloaded at the same place if you don't already have it). The KDP does a brilliant job with epubs.

You will of course have validated the epub by running Flight Crew or whatever it's called, and also by uploading it to epubcheck online. The latter is important if you plan to publish on Apple iBookstore, not so vital for Amazon, B&N, and Kobo.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Notjohn

Absolutely, and don't mess about with Calibre or Kindlegen or anything else. Upload the epub to the KDP, then download the converted book file (Step 6 in the publishing process) and thoroughly examine it in all possible emulations in Kindle Previewer (which can be downloaded at the same place if you don't already have it). The KDP does a brilliant job with epubs.

You will of course have validated the epub by running Flight Crew or whatever it's called, and also by uploading it to epubcheck online. The latter is important if you plan to publish on Apple iBookstore, not so vital for Amazon, B&N, and Kobo.

What is the problem with using Kindlegen that makes sending the ePub to Amazon to convert better?

[crutledge]

Originally Posted by Tugger

Please can you answer some very basic questions about Sigil.

1. Is it suitable for someone who wants to produce books for the Kindle?

2. Would you have to use it to make the ePub file and then convert that using Calibre, or can it make a mobi file itself?

3. If you did that would you have a well formatted Kindle book, including a TOC.NCX for chapter navigation?

4. Is it suitable for someone who doesn't know or want to know about HTML, CSS etc.

(I have used both Mobipocket and InDesign to make Kindle format books including all the formatting, tox.ncx etc. but I have never used Sigil. The person who would be using it knows nothing.)

Thanks.

Assuming that you have an ePub file that passes all requirements of Sigil, you can then send the ePub file to KINDLE PREVIEWER which will then translate the file to MOBI (Using KINDLEGEN) and save the MOBI file to the ePub folder.

However, garbage in garbage out. So learn Sigil and you get a two for one.

[exaltedwombat]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Those aren't exactly new features (drag 'n drop or kindlegen's integration into the Previewer). But I guess if people didn't realize you could drag source material onto kindlegen's or the Previewer's icons, then it might as well be new news.
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I would say the new feature is - before the current version Kindle Previewer used to do a job inferior to a conversion by Sigil. Now it's the preferred method.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by exaltedwombat

I would say the new feature is - before the current version Kindle Previewer used to do a job inferior to a conversion by Sigil. Now it's the preferred method.

Ah, I see what you're saying, now.
But really... the previous conversions were only "inferior" because, well... MOBI. They're only "better" now because you're seeing the new improved KF8 format version of the file. But the old "inferior" MOBI is still a part of what Previewer/Kindlegen produces. In fact, it's what gets delivered to devices that don't support KF8.