MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - So many problems... For starters, I can't read AZW3 on Android app or on Kindle Fire

Quoth · 11-18-2021, 08:36 AM

Indesign is rubbish for ebooks.
Use MSWord or LO Writer (edit in odt) and import docx to Calibre (free). Convert to epub2, which is what Amazon KDP uses.

Use embedded & subset fonts. TTF is fine. Occasionally the book check in Calibre editor finds an issue with a font filename and can automatically fix that.

By default newer Kindles don't use any embedded fonts (Azw3/KF8/KFX) and older Kindles ONLY ever use the supplied fonts (mobi/KF7).

Or use Sigil if automatic conversion doesn't give what you want. The Word/Writer paragraph styles map 1:1 to clean CSS and the HTML is clean when using docx to epub in Calibre.

If desired make an AZW3 from the epub for a Kindle, but that can't be uploaded to Amazon.

Forget Kindle Apps for testing. The Fire is really an Android Tablet, not a Kindle and uses something similar to the Kindle for Android. If in doubt I test buy my ebook in mobi and in azw3 by suitable Kindles and "Download to PC for USB transfer" as a Whispernet purchase gives the KFX.

I only "sideload" to physical real eink Kindles. I use epub apps like Aldiko Basic and Lithium to test on Android from 4.3" to 10" screens.

I do have the Kindle Android app too. As well Kobo, Google PlayBooks and Belinda Borrowbox.

11-18-2021, 08:36 AM	#2
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,228 Karma: 105299897 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Indesign is rubbish for ebooks. Use MSWord or LO Writer (edit in odt) and import docx to Calibre (free). Convert to epub2, which is what Amazon KDP uses. Use embedded & subset fonts. TTF is fine. Occasionally the book check in Calibre editor finds an issue with a font filename and can automatically fix that. By default newer Kindles don't use any embedded fonts (Azw3/KF8/KFX) and older Kindles ONLY ever use the supplied fonts (mobi/KF7). Or use Sigil if automatic conversion doesn't give what you want. The Word/Writer paragraph styles map 1:1 to clean CSS and the HTML is clean when using docx to epub in Calibre. If desired make an AZW3 from the epub for a Kindle, but that can't be uploaded to Amazon. Forget Kindle Apps for testing. The Fire is really an Android Tablet, not a Kindle and uses something similar to the Kindle for Android. If in doubt I test buy my ebook in mobi and in azw3 by suitable Kindles and "Download to PC for USB transfer" as a Whispernet purchase gives the KFX. I only "sideload" to physical real eink Kindles. I use epub apps like Aldiko Basic and Lithium to test on Android from 4.3" to 10" screens. I do have the Kindle Android app too. As well Kobo, Google PlayBooks and Belinda Borrowbox. Last edited by Quoth; 11-18-2021 at 08:42 AM.