Bookmark on Text Clicking - Possible?

[TKPereira]

Hello there,

Here's what I wanna do: on Kindle, the reader clicks on a link - say, "click here to see notes at the end" - and, automatically, Kindle sets the actual page as a bookmark before redirecting the reader to the last pages.

Is this possible? Is there any way an eBook can work or interact with Kindle features?

Thanks.

TK

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by TKPereira

Hello there,

Here's what I wanna do: on Kindle, the reader clicks on a link - say, "click here to see notes at the end" - and, automatically, Kindle sets the actual page as a bookmark before redirecting the reader to the last pages.

Is this possible?

No.

Is there any way an eBook can work or interact with Kindle features?

Thanks.

TK

Sorry--what's the second question? Yes, of course, eBooks work with and interact with Kindle features, but I'm not clear on what you're asking. The BACK feature, which is on 95% of all Kindles now, will take your reader back to the page that they were reading, even IF you didn't encode a back link in the footnote or whatever. Otherwise, NO, you have to do the work. If you give a reader a link to click--"go here to see the puzzle solution," you need to give them a way to get back, via a backlink. That's how all eReaders work, Kindles or otherwise.

Hitch

[TKPereira]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Sorry--what's the second question? Yes, of course, eBooks work with and interact with Kindle features, but I'm not clear on what you're asking.

What I meant was: is it possible to execute eReaders actions (set bookmark, notes, highlight, etc.) by clicking on an "execute this action" line on an eBook?

Can an ebook send commands to an eReader or something like this?

TK

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by TKPereira

What I meant was: is it possible to execute eReaders actions (set bookmark, notes, highlight, etc.) by clicking on an "execute this action" line on an eBook?

Can an ebook send commands to an eReader or something like this?

TK

Nope, no can do. That requires at a minimum, javascript, and probably more than that, and you can't embed that in an eBook.

Hitch

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by TKPereira

Here's what I wanna do: on Kindle, the reader clicks on a link - say, "click here to see notes at the end" - and, automatically, Kindle sets the actual page as a bookmark before redirecting the reader to the last pages.

BTW, if you format the footnotes in your book according to the recommendations in the Kindle Publishing Guidelines, eInk Kindles will display them as popup footnotes by default. I.e., there's no need to create a bookmark.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by Doitsu

BTW, if you format the footnotes in your book according to the recommendations in the Kindle Publishing Guidelines, eInk Kindles will display them as popup footnotes by default. I.e., there's no need to create a bookmark.

Doits:

Yes, but that only works on those devices that are popup capable. Just a reminder.

Hitch

[TKPereira]

Good tips. Thanks, guys.

TK