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Originally Posted by Justin Nemo
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that mobi is a good medium to showcase reference books. For one thing it is not very easy to refer back to something. I also have problems with the formatting from epub. Line spacings and text orientation get messed up sometimes.
Here's the process I go through, I would appreciate it if some kind soul could let me know where I can improve on it.
I write or edit in a word processor, I then copy it into Sigil and clean up any formatting there and save it as an epub. I then take it into Calibre and convert it to mobi. This is where the problems start. I realise that the Calibre reader isn't perfect, so I open the mobi on my desktop Kindle. Not too many problems here, but when I load it onto my Kindle 3G, the text is all over the place.
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B/W illustrations look awesome on the Kindle. Even my 10k gifs look like they were drawn directly on the screen. The only obnoxious part is that it is not possible for an image in the body of text to fill the entire screen. That small margin all the way around is supposedly hard-coded.
I have essentially the same work flow you do. I do all my formatting to the lowest common denominator--MOBI format--and it winds up looking good on all formats. There
are tags and features supported by EPUB that aren't supported by MOBI though. I just steer clear of them or figure out workarounds when possible.
Text-wrap around images, or really any text placement involving images, is nonexistent in MOBI. Reciprocal linking is easy as long as you place your ID anchors in the correct places. I did reciprocal linking for every bit of common dialogue between a novel and screenplay and it works as intended on MOBI.
I'm not defending MOBI--it's an incredibly stupid format--but I would say doing anything other than writing to that format is a little crazy as Amazon is going to be where the vast majority of your sales come from.