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Forum: Kindle Formats 03-06-2014, 05:58 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,553
Posted By Peter21
Cover image...where should cover.jpg be placed?

Thanks...that's helpful.
I am using sigil....where should the cover.jpg image be placed?
Peter
Forum: Kindle Formats 03-05-2014, 04:09 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,553
Posted By Peter21
Upload to KDP

My book is now almost finished.....thanks to all on this forum who have helped along the way.

I have some questions on the upload to KDP process.

1. When I convert the .epub file to .mobi using...
Forum: Kindle Formats 02-21-2014, 02:07 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,067
Posted By Peter21
Thanks for the helpful replies. It is a...

Thanks for the helpful replies.
It is a guidebook, with a lot of images, of maps and pictures. I am putting the images in as jpegs, of between 35 and 50k. The pictures were originally 120kb but I...
Forum: Kindle Formats 02-20-2014, 03:20 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,067
Posted By Peter21
File size for kindle..delivery charge

Hi All
I have an epub of about 8MB, which I convert to .mobi by kindlegen. In the terminal message generated by kindlegen it says 'approximate KF8 deliverable file size 7708 KB'. Is this the size...
Forum: Sigil 02-07-2014, 12:43 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,259
Posted By Peter21
Thanks very much both....there were 4 or 5 dodgy...

Thanks very much both....there were 4 or 5 dodgy lines of code and the search function led me to them. Sorted now

Peter
Forum: Sigil 02-07-2014, 08:27 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,259
Posted By Peter21
Flight Crew error message

Hi
I have some glitches on the flight crew validation, error message as follows:

OEBPS/Text/tba1.xhtml This OPS document is reachable but not present in the OPF <spine>. "Reachable" means that...
Forum: Sigil 12-27-2013, 02:49 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,184
Posted By Peter21
Peter Like you I am writing an ebook as an epub...

Peter
Like you I am writing an ebook as an epub and also wanted non apple users to be able to read the book.
Kindle seems to be one of the biggest players so I have converted my epub files to...
Forum: Sigil 12-07-2013, 12:09 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 4,791
Posted By Peter21
Another Question.... how do you change the font...

Another Question....
how do you change the font of the metadata displayed at the top of each page, i.e. author name and book title?
thanks again
Peter
Forum: Sigil 12-06-2013, 07:44 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,476
Posted By Peter21
I am using Mavericks (Mac OS 10.9) on a mac book...

I am using Mavericks (Mac OS 10.9) on a mac book air, and sigil 7.4 works well on this. The mac mavericks update (free) worked well for me.

Peter
Forum: Sigil 12-06-2013, 07:36 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 4,791
Posted By Peter21
Hitch Thanks for your helpful comments. ...

Hitch

Thanks for your helpful comments.

I was using the kindle previewer app on the laptop, not the kindle for pc/mac, which I think is simply a reading app. As I understand it the previewer...
Forum: Sigil 12-04-2013, 07:57 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 4,791
Posted By Peter21
TOC on multiple platforms

So...when i created the .mobi file using kindlegen, the kindle previewer on the laptop must use the KF8 half of the mobi (because this has used the ncx file to create a toc, while the kindle app on...
Forum: Sigil 12-03-2013, 08:44 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 4,791
Posted By Peter21
It is getting better, but still not resolved.... ...

It is getting better, but still not resolved....

I am writing the ebook using sigil on a mac book air, running OSX version 10.9 (Mavericks). Mavericks has a built in epub reader (ibooks) and when...
Forum: Sigil 12-02-2013, 08:04 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 4,791
Posted By Peter21
This is the TOC code, generated by sigil. Only...

This is the TOC code, generated by sigil.
Only the introduction entry is in blue.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<!DOCTYPE ncx PUBLIC "-//NISO//DTD ncx 2005-1//EN"
...
Forum: Sigil 11-30-2013, 04:16 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 4,791
Posted By Peter21
<body> <h2 class="hidden">Introduction</h2> ...

<body>
<h2 class="hidden">Introduction</h2>

<div><img alt="overviewmap" src="../Images/overviewmap.jpg" /></div>

relevant css is

.hidden { display: none; }

h2 {
Forum: Sigil 11-30-2013, 02:27 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 4,791
Posted By Peter21
This works, but the text in the TOC for this...

This works, but the text in the TOC for this chapter is now blue. The other chapter headings, also within h2 tags (I am using h2 rather than h1) are black in the TOC.....not sure why?

Thanks to...
Forum: Sigil 11-29-2013, 02:59 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 4,791
Posted By Peter21
OK....How would I create an empty hidden...

OK....How would I create an empty hidden header....could you give an example of the code?
Many thanks
Peter
Forum: Sigil 11-28-2013, 03:37 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 4,791
Posted By Peter21
Thanks hitch This is the code I used: <h2...

Thanks hitch

This is the code I used:
<h2 title="Introduction"><img alt="overviewmap" src="../Images/overviewmap.jpg" /></h2>

The book will be converted to a .mobi file, which I am previewing...
Forum: Sigil 11-28-2013, 03:30 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,951
Posted By Peter21
Thanks again...I'm getting there. Another...

Thanks again...I'm getting there.
Another point....I read a lot about the kindle processing/publishing process degrading image files by compression, especially (only?) if they are above the 128 kb...
Forum: Sigil 11-27-2013, 02:15 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,951
Posted By Peter21
Thanks guys I have downloaded kindlegen and...

Thanks guys
I have downloaded kindlegen and using it in terminal, turned my epub into a .mobi file, which reads fine on my kindle fire. But no sign of an AZW or KF8 file........
also...what is ADE?...
Forum: Sigil 11-26-2013, 02:33 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,951
Posted By Peter21
thanks....would I be better working with KF8 if...

thanks....would I be better working with KF8 if this is the newer equivalent of .mobi?
Forum: Sigil 11-25-2013, 03:21 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,951
Posted By Peter21
Workflow

Hi all

As a Sigil beginner, I would welcome comments on the workflow I am currently using for my travel guide..
I am using sigil to produce an epub document, for the kindle and apple/iPad...
Forum: Sigil 11-25-2013, 03:12 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 4,791
Posted By Peter21
TOC

Thanks to you all....putting the image code within the heading tag did the trick.

Peter
Forum: Sigil 11-25-2013, 04:16 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 4,791
Posted By Peter21
Image as Header for Chapter

Hi
In order to avoid the chapter title being separated from the image following it, due to small screen constraints, I have incorporated the chapter title into a jpeg, at the beginning of a chapter....
Forum: Sigil 10-25-2013, 10:46 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,425
Posted By Peter21
thanks Ruben…that method also worked…Peter

thanks Ruben…that method also worked…Peter
Forum: Sigil 10-25-2013, 10:45 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,425
Posted By Peter21
Thanks..that fixed it…syntax error on my part....

Thanks..that fixed it…syntax error on my part. Would you wrap all images up in a division?
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