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eschwartz · 10-22-2015, 10:08 AM

I use calibre, partly because it is already installed, partly because it includes workarounds for common coding failures in ebooks. calibre does quite a bit of normalizing to make sure books look right.

But this is all for personal reading.

For someone publishing on the KDP, it is still best to use kindlegen... simply because Amazon insists. Not sure why else someone would need to use kindlegen.

10-22-2015, 10:08 AM	#3
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I use calibre, partly because it is already installed, partly because it includes workarounds for common coding failures in ebooks. calibre does quite a bit of normalizing to make sure books look right. But this is all for personal reading. For someone publishing on the KDP, it is still best to use kindlegen... simply because Amazon insists. Not sure why else someone would need to use kindlegen.