Thread: Error Uploading mobi to KDP
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Old 12-13-2013, 02:39 AM   #2
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You aren't allowed to use anything but the official Kindlegen when uploading to Amazon.

You can also upload the ePub version and they will run Kindlegen for you.

Probably because of this:

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/APNX#Kindle_publishing
Quote:
Kindle publishing

KindleGen version 1.2 does not generate an APNX file directly; it creates a PAGE section in the MobiPocket file which is then stripped and converted to an APNX file by Amazon's publishing service. The KindleGen input can use either a NCX pageList or page-map xml.

Kindle Previewer, as of version 1.5, does not display page numbers. In addition, Kindle for PC and Kindle for Mac, while they do display page numbers using .apnx files, are unable to read them from a MobiPocket file generated by KindleGen. This makes testing the page number feature somewhat problematic for publishers.
As well as the fact that they want the joint MOBI from Kindlegen which contains both the .mobi fallback for older devices and the improved .azw3 content for newer devices.
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