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Originally Posted by Doitsu
It definitely still supports it.
There are several possibilities why your .azk version didn't work:
- The source files were invalid. You can usually test this by clicking the Compilation Details link in the Compiling Book dialog box and checking the build log.
- Your iTunes/Kindle Previewer/KindleGen version is outdated.
- The .azk file got corrupted
I've attached a sample .azk file that I successfully sideloaded and opened with Kindle for iOS. |
Off that bat, thanks
very much for your help Doitsu; I appreciate it.
Here's what I did:
- I started by downloading your .azk, removing the .mobi extension, and sideloading it into my iPad...It worked fine and I was able to view the book in K4iOS as normal!
- I checked the versions of my stuff. iTunes is v12.1.2.27 (almost latest), Kindle Previewer is v2.94 (freshly downloaded), the KindleGen I was using was v2.9, which matches what is bundled inside the latest Kindle Previewer. So I don't think that anything is outdated.
- I tried different routes of creating the .azk, mainly running it through KindleGen myself and then through azkcreator inside Kindle Previewer, and also taking it from .epub to .azk all with Previewer. Both KindleGen logs reported no warnings, finished with "Mobi file built successfully".
The end of my KindleGen log, in case it is of interest:
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Info(prcgen):I2001: Final stats - TEXT: 001465109 bytes 000000856 records
Info(prcgen):I2003: Final stats - INDEXES: 000018920 bytes 000000008 records
Info(prcgen):I2004: Final stats - TRAILING: 000005006 bytes 000000856 records
Info(prcgen):I2005: Final stats - FRAMES: 000000124 bytes 000000003 records
Info(prcgen):I2006: Final stats - OTHER: 000009925 bytes 000000003 records
Info(prcgen):I2007: Final stats - TOTAL: 001499084 bytes 000000870 records
Info(prcgen):I1039: Final stats - text compressed to (in % of original size): 41.79%
Info(prcgen):I1041: The file format version is V8
Info(prcgen):I15000: Approximate Standard Mobi Deliverable file size : 0003290KB
Info(prcgen):I15001: Approximate KF8 Deliverable file size : 0003641KB
Info(prcgen):I1036: Mobi file built successfully
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So it seems that I have up-to-date software for everything, and there were no sorts of warnings or errors during the process. My guess from there would be that there's something off with my file?
My .epub file is created with Adobe Indesign CC, latest version. It has custom fonts, images, some special styles, hyperlink footnotes, etc. I don't know that there's anything in it that is abnormal or would compile to .mobi strangely (and KindleGen doesn't find anything wrong with it either).
Besides mucking around with my .epub (cutting out parts of it, perhaps, and seeing what part of it might be killing my .azk), any other ideas? Any way to analyze the integrity of my .azk, or retrieve error logs from the K4iOS app? (Hah.)
Additionally, and importantly, does Amazon actually still deliver .azk files to K4iOS apps? The app seem to read .mobi files just fine, and the Kindle books that I downloaded from Amazon onto my iPad were either .awz or this weird format with the .kcr manifest. I can be certain now that K4iOS supports .azk, but is there any evidence that Amazon is still using this format?
Again, thanks very much for your help with this esoteric corner of the eBook world!