A tutorial on using Kindlegen is available at
http://powershell.cz/2011/01/07/how-...ith-kindlegen/
The following two sites may give you some idea on how to generate periodical using Amazon's Kindlegen.
http://www.mobileread.mobi/forums/sh...t=68650&page=2
https://bitbucket.org/jiedan/kindler...ndlegen-wq8848 (Thanks jiedan again for the answer)
Below are a few points I conclude from those sites, though I have yet the time to try them out.
1) In the .odf file, add the following <x-metadata> node under the <metadata> node
<x-metadata><output encoding="utf-8" content-type="application/x-mobipocket-subscription-magazine"></output></x-metadata>
2) In the .ncx file, make sure the navigation structure is periodical -> section -> article instead of chapter -> article structure as for a typical ebook.
The following should contain a complete example on the .odf and .ncx files needed to generate a periodical with KindleGen.
https://bitbucket.org/jiedan/kindler...indlereader.py
Quote:
Originally Posted by nickredding
I'm working on this. However, after several days of effort I must say this is an extremely difficult problem. I suspect Amazon is formatting periodicals in a way that is not MOBI-compliant, that is they have introduced a wrinkle that the Kindle depends on for the "Sections & Articles" view and the BACK button to work correctly, but that is not necessary for a fully MOBI-compliant reader to work properly.
Note to Kovid: I emailed Marco about how he does his Kindle formatting for Instapaper, and he wouldn't tell me, claiming he didn't want to "irritate Amazon." If he is using kindlegen, I'd be interested in how he is getting it to generate periodical fomats--I haven't been able to figure out how to make it do that. Any clues?
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