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ghmerrill · 09-25-2020, 03:55 PM

So, in addition to that, it appears that when they/you say "on the kindle" this means ON THE FREAKING KINDLE -- and NOT, for example in the Kindle Previewer (which is supposed to be emulating "the Kindle"). Eh?

I just took that code you provided, stuck it in my document (changing only the local file names), loaded it into the Previewer, and ...

All the links and backlinks work fine (of course), but no popup appears. I guess it's a bridge too far to expect them to implement that behavior in the portable Previewer. Too bad.

So how DO I test this prior to uploading the book to Amazon for publication? I'm thinking (since you suggest that Kindlegen is what puts the pop in the popups) that if I just convert to a Kindle format via Calibre then this will lack the magic that Amazon imposes to get the popup behavior? How is this (if it is) testable prior to the upload/publication step? I'd REALLY like to experiment with the popup notes thing. But how to do this?

09-25-2020, 03:55 PM	#12
ghmerrill Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Central NC Device: Various	So, in addition to that, it appears that when they/you say "on the kindle" this means ON THE FREAKING KINDLE -- and NOT, for example in the Kindle Previewer (which is supposed to be emulating "the Kindle"). Eh? I just took that code you provided, stuck it in my document (changing only the local file names), loaded it into the Previewer, and ... All the links and backlinks work fine (of course), but no popup appears. I guess it's a bridge too far to expect them to implement that behavior in the portable Previewer. Too bad. So how DO I test this prior to uploading the book to Amazon for publication? I'm thinking (since you suggest that Kindlegen is what puts the pop in the popups) that if I just convert to a Kindle format via Calibre then this will lack the magic that Amazon imposes to get the popup behavior? How is this (if it is) testable prior to the upload/publication step? I'd REALLY like to experiment with the popup notes thing. But how to do this?