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dwig · 06-07-2019, 01:26 PM

There is no perfect solution.

That said, check out this sticky in the E-Book Formats > Workshop section:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=295102

Keep in mind that final formatting should not be done in a word processing app (e.g. MS Word, ...), but instead done in an appropriate editor (e.g. Sigil, calibre's Editor, ...) after conversion to an editable ebook format (e.g. ePub, AZW3).

Also "mobi" generally refers to the older and extremely limited MobiPocket format, which Amazon acquired years ago. For modern Kindles (Kindle Keyboard and newer) and Fire Tablets the newer AZW3 format is generally prefered. The older mobi format (aka KF8) has far fewer formatting options than newer formats and a lot of formatting will be stripped out when converting to the old mobi/KF8 format.

06-07-2019, 01:26 PM	#4
dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718541 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	There is no perfect solution. That said, check out this sticky in the E-Book Formats > Workshop section: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=295102 Keep in mind that final formatting should not be done in a word processing app (e.g. MS Word, ...), but instead done in an appropriate editor (e.g. Sigil, calibre's Editor, ...) after conversion to an editable ebook format (e.g. ePub, AZW3). Also "mobi" generally refers to the older and extremely limited MobiPocket format, which Amazon acquired years ago. For modern Kindles (Kindle Keyboard and newer) and Fire Tablets the newer AZW3 format is generally prefered. The older mobi format (aka KF8) has far fewer formatting options than newer formats and a lot of formatting will be stripped out when converting to the old mobi/KF8 format.