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gdgibson · 01-25-2014, 02:50 PM

Well, a former client contacted me for another project, and I agreed to take it on. So I was thrilled when I updated Kindle Previewer and discovered that Amazon has updated their approach to Apple iOS devices. I opened an EPUB using Previewer, saw the instructions to sideload the AZK file to my iPad, did what you're supposed to do in iTunes and — got nothing. No matter how many times I synced, the file never showed up on the 1st generation iPad I use for proofing. I could, however, sideload it onto an iPad mini in my household (more on that in a moment).

I take this to mean that the Kindle app for iOS 5.1.1, which is the latest that will run on the iPad I have, somehow doesn't recognize azk files. However, having checked the release notes, this was not made explicit, so I'm wondering if maybe I'm missing something in the sideloading process, or if anyone knows if my hunch is correct.

Now, about the azk file on the iPad mini: I'm doing some initial proofing, simply to make sure the formatting of the text is coming in without errors, but I see already that the azk file has dropped all italics, while the italics have come through intact in the mobi file (which is all I can preview on my iPad) and Previewer's rendering of KF8 devices. Has anyone seen similar problems with azk files?

01-25-2014, 02:50 PM	#1
gdgibson Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: All	AZK issues Well, a former client contacted me for another project, and I agreed to take it on. So I was thrilled when I updated Kindle Previewer and discovered that Amazon has updated their approach to Apple iOS devices. I opened an EPUB using Previewer, saw the instructions to sideload the AZK file to my iPad, did what you're supposed to do in iTunes and — got nothing. No matter how many times I synced, the file never showed up on the 1st generation iPad I use for proofing. I could, however, sideload it onto an iPad mini in my household (more on that in a moment). I take this to mean that the Kindle app for iOS 5.1.1, which is the latest that will run on the iPad I have, somehow doesn't recognize azk files. However, having checked the release notes, this was not made explicit, so I'm wondering if maybe I'm missing something in the sideloading process, or if anyone knows if my hunch is correct. Now, about the azk file on the iPad mini: I'm doing some initial proofing, simply to make sure the formatting of the text is coming in without errors, but I see already that the azk file has dropped all italics, while the italics have come through intact in the mobi file (which is all I can preview on my iPad) and Previewer's rendering of KF8 devices. Has anyone seen similar problems with azk files?