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Originally Posted by marnold
Yep, already discovered that. I have at least one tech book that comes with a readme on how to install KindleGen and convert the epub yourself.
BTW, does anyone know how Leanpub is able to make *.mobi files that:
1. Do not violate the Amazon's EULA
2. Render okay'ish on Kindle for iOS
3. Support Enhanced Typesetting when opened with Kindle Previewer
In my experiments with KindleGen/Calibre I was unable to achieve ET with epub3 -> mobi conversion.
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If I were a betting woman, I'd guess that it's not ET, itself; it's hyphenation and you can do that with a plugin for Calibre.
The only way to make a MOBI that displays "okayish" on iOS, is by making the ebook as bloody simple as possible. iOS is not a good playground for MOBI or KF8. AZW3 won't work on iOS, either.
I mean, hell, make the files and then try to sideload them. You can only sideload "mobi" which, today, is the older, KF7 type format, (more or less).
You have bigger issues, which are the sideloading challenges that your customers will face. Amazon buyers, (and B&N buyers, Kobo buyers, etc.) are accustomed to click and MAGIC HAPPENS! The book flies through the air with the greatest of ease, and arrives on the device. PFM.
I don't know where you plan to distribute it, but if you don't spend time around "normal" people, if you are thinking of doing it yourself,
you may be in for a brutal shock.
Hitch