Thread: How many mobi readers vs. kf8?
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Old 06-29-2015, 06:31 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by Doitsu View Post
Since AZK files are generated from KindleGen generated .mobi files customers with an iPad 2 (or higher) should get the equivalent of the AZK files that Kindle Previewer generates if they have Kindle for iOS 4.9 (or higher) installed.
If you say so. I'll say it again: that's not what we are seeing.


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IMHO, uploading a test file to KDP is too much of a hassle and ultimately not worth it, because as you full well know Amazon previewers aren't 100% reliable, however, a sideloaded AZK file should reflect what customers with the latest Kindle app will get.
If you're really, really curious, feel free to process the source ePub with Kindle Previewer and upload it to KDP.
Seriously--you think we don't do that? Do you think we haven't tested this about a thousand times? I deal with this crap all day long. I have clients with iPads. They get an AZK, sideload, hooray!, all happy. Then they BUY the freaking book, after it's on sale. Boo-hoo, NOT happy. Jeeze, Doits. Gimme a break, wouldja?

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This behavior might be caused by outdated iOS Kindle apps (for example, drop-caps were only introduced in 4.9), CSS issues or weird KDP bugs.
Right. Except it seems to happen pretty reliably constantly. According to your logic, not only are all my CLiENTS running outdated software, failing to update their apps, etc., but so are WE. AND that we're somehow, magically, getting KDP bugs that affect us, uniquely, in *every* book we make?????

Let me ask this, this way: how many books do you/your clients (?) have up for sale on Amazon, and of those, how many have iPads, and have loaded the AZK, via side-loading, and then loaded the for-sale books? I am NOT asking in any kind of combative way: I'm asking for numbers/data/statistics.

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