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ATDrake · 04-13-2011, 12:07 PM

I can tell you straight up that short of moving your quotes into tables, you will never get them to indent on the right-hand side. Mobi just doesn't do right-hand margins.

Depending on what you're using to indent, you can probably fix the left-hand side, but you'll have to explicitly set the indent for both levels.

You will basically have to tweak your XHTML & CSS by hand to more-or-less match up with what's capable for the Mobi format, which is basically a glorified HTML 3.2. The old Mobipocket Developer Center documentation will probably be useful, along with the Amazon Kindle Developer Guidelines (less useful).

Frankly, I advise you to lower your standards to a simple functional display. Anything else is just asking for frustration when dealing with the Mobi format's limitations. (And KindleGen's bugginess, but that's a different matter.)

Also, don't use multiple or descendant selectors in your CSS if converting via KindleGen. These are just two of the things which Do Not Work.

Hope this helps.

04-13-2011, 12:07 PM	#9
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	I can tell you straight up that short of moving your quotes into tables, you will never get them to indent on the right-hand side. Mobi just doesn't do right-hand margins. Depending on what you're using to indent, you can probably fix the left-hand side, but you'll have to explicitly set the indent for both levels. You will basically have to tweak your XHTML & CSS by hand to more-or-less match up with what's capable for the Mobi format, which is basically a glorified HTML 3.2. The old Mobipocket Developer Center documentation will probably be useful, along with the Amazon Kindle Developer Guidelines (less useful). Frankly, I advise you to lower your standards to a simple functional display. Anything else is just asking for frustration when dealing with the Mobi format's limitations. (And KindleGen's bugginess, but that's a different matter.) Also, don't use multiple or descendant selectors in your CSS if converting via KindleGen. These are just two of the things which Do Not Work. Hope this helps.