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Originally Posted by cybmole
Simple proof that it's firmware not book code :rotate the reader
in landscape,with mulligan sample,I then see different words being split. kf HDX 8.9. I see this only for this one sample and for the tube riders book cited in other thread
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Originally Posted by cybmole
With that same sample. Hyphenation persists across all options : font, font size line spacing, I confirm 4.5.3 installed.
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Thanks for confirming what you see on the Fire HDX 8.9! That's how it appears on my Fire HD6, too, which just got the 4.5.3 software update a few days ago. It was happening with my recently republished books on 4.5.2 also.
I don't know exactly how long this has been an issue. I first noticed it when I uploaded four revised e-books (back matter changes) to KDP starting February 14. I've combed through the HTML, changed CSS, and uploaded numerous epub/Kindlegen-created mobi files since then in futile attempts to remedy the problems. Nothing's helped, which makes me think the issue's on KDP's end, probably in the later stages of file processing.
The previously published versions of these e-books were fine. And strangely, when I sideload the mobi file downloaded directly from KDP (after they convert the epub I uploaded), everything looks
fine on the HD6...no extra hyphens, full justification with no ragged-right lines at all, and crisp text that's not too dark!
So far, it appears that auto-hyphenation is on the Fire HD6 and HDX 8.9. Also, text in the affected books is darker than it used to be on the HD6. There is no auto-hyphenation on the original Fire HD7 (not sure about later models?), Kindle for Android App, and Voyage (although Voyage may be displaying some weird font issues). I'm not sure about the other Fire/Kindle devices or iOS apps.