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Originally Posted by Hitch
You don't get to tell Amazon which apps your particular book is "meant" to be used with; they tell you. So if you create fixed-layout, then it can be sold to Fire users and K4....users. That's it. It won't be downloaded to eInks.
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This is a problem for me. I want my ebook (this is a collection of single-panel cartoons, similar category as The Far Side) to be available on portable devices: smart phones (Android and iphone), and Kindle eInks. This is because that's how I want to design the advertising campaign, and because of the market share. Availability on other devices is a bonus, but not absolutely necessary to me.
You just wrote fixed layout won't be possible with kindle einks. Where is it stated how it works for iphone and android? What you wrote appears to mean that even though I'm able to sideload, I may not be able to have it available for download from amazon. Did I understand correctly? At this point I'm getting mixed up with all these scenarios - sorry.
Could you re-state it please what is required for iphone: fixed or reflowable?
And now I'm not even sure about Android phones?
What am I to do to make it available as a second version of the book in reflowable layout on devices that dont accept fixed layout? I can easily prepare it (although it won't look as good as in fixed layout), and I will do it if I don't have another choice.
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Originally Posted by Hitch
Not sure why you went through all the brain-damage of making the ePUB, etc., though. Why not just use KCC with a PDF, or KC with a PDF? You won't get appreciably better results (for a comic) with the hand-coding--believe me, I know.
Hitch
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I got tired of KCC overriding the changes I made to TOC.ncx, and not being able to keep in the TOC.ncx the chapter titles only, without ALL other pages being listed. Oh, and KCC keeps crushing. Besides, I can add a few text pages in quasi fixed-layout pages, not as images.
One more thought: I remember reading about programs that can send my epub (or mobi?) to my Kindle account. Is this equivalent to demonstrating that it will be available to download from amazon, or this is just another way of side-loading?