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Quoth · 07-21-2020, 02:17 PM

It's really stupid, like MS calling things that were not x86 compatible Windows, Windows.

Anything that doesn't work on real ereader should have a marketing name that doesn't include "Kindle". Marketing departments!

I first encountered this a couple of years ago and specially installed Kindle for PC to download the book. Also the Self Publisher didn't understand ebooks. It would have been absolutely fine as a regular ebook, but he insisted it had to match the paper exactly. Shouldn't be sold as an eBook, but Digital Replica and it's a re-invention of PDF.

Extracting stuff from proprietary Android apps in general seems awkward. Can you even find it in storage when you mount it?

And unless you export it as an RTF or something and build a new ebook, it won't work on a regular Kindle. I went through that loop on the PC app.

07-21-2020, 02:17 PM	#3
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,447 Karma: 107078855 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	It's really stupid, like MS calling things that were not x86 compatible Windows, Windows. Anything that doesn't work on real ereader should have a marketing name that doesn't include "Kindle". Marketing departments! I first encountered this a couple of years ago and specially installed Kindle for PC to download the book. Also the Self Publisher didn't understand ebooks. It would have been absolutely fine as a regular ebook, but he insisted it had to match the paper exactly. Shouldn't be sold as an eBook, but Digital Replica and it's a re-invention of PDF. Extracting stuff from proprietary Android apps in general seems awkward. Can you even find it in storage when you mount it? And unless you export it as an RTF or something and build a new ebook, it won't work on a regular Kindle. I went through that loop on the PC app.