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It's over here. I don't think DiapDealer's produced a new version of his plugin yet. |
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It was also modified to stop the creation of an unnecessary (faulty) guide item that had no actual bearing on the issue that kindlegen is introducing during its conversion process. The script provided in this thread would be considered more of a "fix" than anything in MobiUnpack (although I still wouldn't recommend uploading files produced by that script to KDP). Basically though, this issue can't truly be "fixed" from a user's standpoint. An update to Kindlegen and/or the Kindle Keyboard firmware is the only hope for a real fix. Everything here should be considered an experimental band-aid for personal use only. In my humble opinion, of course. Quote:
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I understand and agree. I look forward to the updated plugin, as it gives a very quick way for me to check that the start position is working even though it isn't. If you see what I mean.
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10-26-2012, 10:24 AM | #125 |
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10-26-2012, 07:17 PM | #126 |
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The file is on the way. Let us know what you find out!
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10-26-2012, 07:31 PM | #127 | |
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And if the latter, I suppose it would have to be downloaded via a specific device, in order for KDP to know whether it needed a fix. For what it's worth, I understand that our publisher, when she uploads the master file, does see the opening error on the (online) KDP previewer. But as I haven't done the uploads myself, I can't provide details. Edited to add: OK, I answered some of my questions by looking over the boss' shoulder while she gave me a tour of KDP. First, the error does occur in the KDP online previewer, but interestingly, only in Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD emulation mode. Not iPad, not iPhone, and not 'Kindle'. Second, we did see where we could download a preview file, which is the same filesize as the master file, and also has the error when sideloaded to the K3. However, Linux 'diff' reports that the files are not identical. (since they're binary files, diff doesn't enumerate the differences.) Third, when I look at the preview file in the Kindle previewer (on my desktop, not online) neither Kindle Fire nor any other device I've tried display the error. That is the result I would expect given previous experience. So it looks to me like the downloaded preview file is not useful for detecting the error. Only the "round trip" of uploading and then purchasing the book for a specific target device is definitive. @pdurrant: If you are interested in dissecting the preview file, let me know. I'd be happy to send it to you. Last edited by st_albert; 10-26-2012 at 08:33 PM. |
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10-27-2012, 02:42 AM | #128 | |
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But I can already say that the published book has the "error" fixed, containing only one start of text metadata. And it looks like Amazon do quite a bit of messing about with the file, adding lots of extra metadata and such. I do have one question. It seems that the file you sent me isn't the source for the currently published file. In the "About the author" section, in the file from Amazon, one of the book titles has an erroneous space in it "DOUBLE F ORTÉ" while in the file you sent me, that space isn't there. Have you, by any chance, recently uploaded a revision to fix this error? If so, it's not through to customers yet. |
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KindleGen 2.7 released!
Amazon have just released KindleGen 2.7. This fixes the problem. It also breaks KindleStrip, but I hope to get that fixed today. But the extra start offset in the KF8 headers has gone. |
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I've fixed KindleStrip.
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Good stuff!
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Looks like with Kindlegen 2.7 it is now a moot point, though. Thanks for getting to the bottom of this! |
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But since 2.7 fixes the problem at root, I think I won't worry about it anymore. |
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Hmm. The preview file definitely goes to the wrong "beginning" position when side-loaded on a Kindle Keyboard with firmware 3.4, despite behaving correctly in the Kindle Previewer and Kindle4PC.
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Perhaps the version that was uploaded didn't have the correct text metadata yet, just as it didn't have the final text correction. |
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