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Forum: Book Clubs 03-27-2012, 01:09 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 30,752
Posted By barncat
Though I love Jerome and his dog, I have to say...

Though I love Jerome and his dog, I have to say that, while The Princess Bride may be the only book Goldman ever wrote that was worth a second look, it is a brilliant lie. Not fiction, but a flat...
Forum: Kindle Formats 03-12-2012, 03:16 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,062
Posted By barncat
You guys are very kind.

You guys are very kind.
Forum: Kindle Formats 03-11-2012, 02:40 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 6,902
Posted By barncat
Here's a suggestion from a newbi: don't use...

Here's a suggestion from a newbi: don't use KindleGen directly. Open your epub in Kindle previewer, and it will do the conversion for you. Anything that involves Terminal on Mac is a little dicey...
Forum: Kindle Formats 03-11-2012, 02:33 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,062
Posted By barncat
Okay. YAY, I get this now. Yesterday I spent...

Okay. YAY, I get this now. Yesterday I spent hours exploring this difference. And I had heard that Sigil plays with file organization and can add some code. What I came up with yesterday was this:...
Forum: Kindle Formats 03-11-2012, 02:29 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,062
Posted By barncat
Thank you for your help. I knew that about...

Thank you for your help. I knew that about double-returns. I've used them all my novel-writing life without a hitch, but in this arena, I have learned. But I'm glad you reminded me. That's why I...
Forum: ePub 03-11-2012, 02:26 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 226,169
Posted By barncat
Hmm. I see. I had just finished a course with...

Hmm. I see. I had just finished a course with Anne-Marie in which she sent me to download quite a good script that unzipped and zipped epubs, downloadable from someone on Mobile Read. This is the...
Forum: ePub 03-09-2012, 04:48 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 226,169
Posted By barncat
Oh, woe is me. All I have done on this forum is...

Oh, woe is me. All I have done on this forum is whine. I downloaded the app. I dragged my epub to it. Nothing happened. I tried dclicking the app icon, got the dialgue, navigated to the epub. ...
Forum: Kindle Formats 03-09-2012, 03:40 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,062
Posted By barncat
By the way - how the devil do you subscribe to...

By the way - how the devil do you subscribe to these things so you know someone's answered you?
Forum: ePub 03-09-2012, 03:37 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 9,154
Posted By barncat
I'm learning

Somehow, I hate the idea of an aggregator. But my husband has been trying to get me to use bookbaby - he likes it for music, and thinks it's solid. So they charge $100 to do all the formats? Hmm. ...
Forum: Kindle Formats 03-09-2012, 03:33 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 134,261
Posted By barncat
Sorry guys. I'm lousy at forums. I just trolled...

Sorry guys. I'm lousy at forums. I just trolled through looking for any help at all, but DD helped me on my own little thread. I'm an idiot.
Forum: Kindle Formats 03-09-2012, 03:30 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,062
Posted By barncat
Well then -

That pretty much clarifies things. Hmmm. But with epub, you can mess around? Or is it the same thing?

One thing I'd LOVE to do is change the CSS and html for the stupid TOC - they use H1 tags,...
Forum: Kindle Formats 03-09-2012, 01:56 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,062
Posted By barncat
Ah. Okay. Springy presented me with this result...

Ah. Okay. Springy presented me with this result from the mobi:
folder: META-INF
file: mimetype
folder: OEBPS

I opened the OEBPS folder to find
file: content.opf
Text? file: gardener.xhtml...
Forum: Kindle Formats 03-09-2012, 12:04 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 134,261
Posted By barncat
mokay, Diap guy, I'm beginning to see what you're...

mokay, Diap guy, I'm beginning to see what you're saying. The answer on my own sad thread was a little abrupt, and I'm obviously not that savvy - so I'm still trying to figure all this out. But...
Forum: ePub 03-09-2012, 11:26 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 9,154
Posted By barncat
I'm just launching myself into this workflow. ...

I'm just launching myself into this workflow. I'm on CS 5.5 and the .mobi plugin seems to work like a charm - except that I can't get Springy to let me open it at all, while it will open a .mobi...
Forum: ePub 03-09-2012, 11:16 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,233
Posted By barncat
This was a very educational thread. I thank you...

This was a very educational thread. I thank you all for it, nearly two years later. The fixes may not work exactly on my problem, but I'm loosened up to find workarounds of my own based on these...
Forum: Kindle Formats 03-09-2012, 11:08 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,062
Posted By barncat
Oh - and it wasn't made with KindleGen; my mobi...

Oh - and it wasn't made with KindleGen; my mobi is output through the InDesign plug in - that worked marvelously well. But could that be the problem, now I think of it? I've watched A-M's Lynda...
Forum: Kindle Formats 03-09-2012, 11:06 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,062
Posted By barncat
No, but -

I have two mobi files. One a friend did for me. One I did myself. Both were acceptable to Amazon. I can see the stuff inside of my friend's Mobi, and I've even edited the html and saved it, just...
Forum: Kindle Formats 03-08-2012, 05:25 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,062
Posted By barncat
Problems with Springy and Mobi

I've generated my mobi file and it's up on Amazon - no prob. But when I try to get inside the file now to check out the html, springy tells me

<em>The archive is invalid or of a type that...
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