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Thanks Hitch!
oh.... interesting, so RPNs are really actuially REAL page numbers from the ACTUAL print book? I'd taken the "real" bit with a kidney-witheringly large pinch of salt.
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Oh, yes, absolutely, they have to map to a "real" DT edition.
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So: I'm going to leave THAT bit up to the client. Ask them to add the print ISBN into the metadata at the KDP upload page. so that only works for paperbacks published through Amazon? Not by Ingram etc? (ugh).
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Eh, no, that gets to be your job, inside the OPF (ISBN). The RPNs go in the NCX (ePUB2) and the ISBN goes in the meta (OPF).
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This leaves me with the "can I get the pageList bit working". I'm a little unsure about mucking about with MOBI files now that Amazon are dropping it and kindlegen won't be updated any more.
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dropped, not "dropping." Mobi is already a no-fly-zone at KDP, unless it's a fixed-layout ebook and if it is, you don't need RPNs. Only MOBIs made with the DIY Amazon programs (Kindle Kids book Creator, Kindle Textbook Creator and the old Comic Book one) can make MOBIs that will pass intake, as far as I know. Upload an ePUB2 or ePUB3, these days.
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Will Amazon's readers honour the pageList info from an uploaded ePub2 file? How can I check my encoding in the toc.ncx is working? A little scared that Doitsu's one didnt work on ADE. (or... and this wont surprise me, ADE doesn't read pageList??).
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You
can't check it. Sorry, but that's the reality. It's...lol, it's a leap of faith. The one thing is, once the RPNs are activated--assuming that they are--it will be shown as having them on the Sales page. So...you don't necessarily have to buy a copy. If that helps. I haven't seen any issues with ePUB uploads, if that helps.
OTOH, to be honest, I am reliant upon my customers determining if their post-upload books "work" or don't, so....there's that caveat. I've had customers (you can't make this stuff up) upload their print PDF and Print PDF cover to the ebook dashboard and the eBook ePUB and the eBook 'cover' (to cover creator) to the print side and NOT NOTICE the problem with the on-sale book, so...talk about grains of salt. I simply don't have the time or capacity to go check every customer book upload. I wish I did, but I do not.
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really appreciate the help here guys.
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Well...I'm conveying info which may or may not be actually helpful, lol.
Hitch