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Originally Posted by Hitch
But, if you are trying to create a "Kindle book," isn't the intended destination Kindle devices? I mean, what's the purpose, if it isn't?
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Absolutely. I just don't want the Kindle book to go up for sale on Amazon. I want to upload it here. Yes, it's for Kindle devices.
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Originally Posted by Hitch
Why not just convert your ePUB to MOBI? Using Previewer, or KindleGen? I don't think I understand what the issue is here. When you build a MOBI from an ePUB, your CSS stays precisely intact. It's not like Calibre. ????
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Thanks. That's exactly what I wanted to know, that the CSS stays intact. I was reading another thread started by FrustratedReader ("Dual Mobi. How Compatible?") and I learned from Doitsu that the MOBI created by Kindle Previewer is a dual one which will work on old Kindles as well. So that's good.
One downside is that the size of the MOBI is 3,327 kb while the EPUB is 766 kb; massive bloat. 3 1/3 megs versus 3/4s of a meg. Sheesh. (I had a boss who used the word moby as an adjective for something huge; very appropriate here.)
What about the KFX format? Is there a way I can create that (instead of MOBI) and keep my CSS intact? I always format with text-align: left for a ragged right margin but lots of people prefer a flush right margin. If I remember right with KFX people can switch between ragged right and flush right, while with this MOBI it's locked to whatever the CSS says.
Overall I'm glad to know that the MOBI file has my intact CSS; this gives me another device to test with; I'd been ignoring the Kindle because I was thinking that I had to use Calibre to create a Kindle file but that would change the CSS.