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A standard section break (within a chapter) is three stars, or other symbol, spaced equidistant across the page. I can do this with CSS/HTML easily enough, but kindlegen removes all formatting, leaving the three stars lumped together in the middle of the screen.

I can't manually add non-breaking spaces between the stars, because I don't know how wide the device's screen will be. Any thoughts on how to fix this obvious problem?

Note - please don't suggest I just use an hr of percentage width. If I can find a fix for the actual star problem instead of kludging a replacement, then I'll be able to fix a number of other problems as well, thus saving me from posting eight different questions at once that all relate to the same basic concept.

I should note that I'm using the cleanest HTML imaginable (hand-coded and xhtml 1.1 compliant) and running it through the latest command-line version of kindlegen on the Mac. I have also tried Calibre, but get the same results.

Thanks!
-James