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Originally Posted by ghmerrill
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?
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It depends. The Kindle Previewer emulates the latest renderers for Amazon's KFX, KF8, and MOBI formats. It does not exactly replicate the functionality of any one device. Each renderer has different features and the implementations vary across Kindle apps and devices and assorted releases of them. That is one reason why professional e-book formatters have job security.
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Originally Posted by ghmerrill
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.
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The Previewer definitely
does implement popup footnotes, but only for KFX format AFAIK. You can tell if your book is being converted to KFX by the presence of a green check mark labeled "Enhanced Typesetting" in the left pane of the Previewer.
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Originally Posted by ghmerrill
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?
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That is not how it works. Your HTML is not changed by kindlegen. The popup magic happens in the software that renders the book on Kindle apps and devices.
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Originally Posted by ghmerrill
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?
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Professional formatters have an assortment of Kindle apps and devices that they use for testing. They know from experience which features are problematic and should be avoided. Even then there are occasionally surprises once a book is actually published.