Thread: How to submit calibre ebook to kindle?
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Old 05-03-2011, 01:21 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by cowboyss View Post
I use a mac and used calibre to create a mobi format.
What is the next steps to upload to Kindle to sell as an ebook on their site?
Thanks in advance
A Calibre conversion does not leave enough room in the file for Amazon's DRM. Thus it's my understanding that Amazon will not accept a .mobi created by Calibre.

One way to end up with a "clean" HTML file is to save it as a .doc file (That has your chapters saved as Header 1 or Header 2). Email the file to yourself with a Gmail account. View it as a Google Document (which is HTML). Copy it from there and paste in your Mac's TextEdit program and save as HTML. You now have a clean HTML file.

Now I'm not sure your Headers will make it through this process.... Amazon needs this to build your Table of Contents from your headers I think..... You can also drag this into Kindle Preview for Mac (converts to a mobi) but I don't think it will build your TOC.

GOOD LUCK!

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