Kindle error searching for the word "Should"

rstrigg · 04-24-2011, 07:51 AM

I'm a new user and don't seem to find a posting for this...

I'm publishing my first eBook for the Kindle and using Mobipocket Creator to create the PRC and then copy to the Kindle via USB cable for testing. The source file is computer-generated HTML (about 600,000 lines).

The application is a concordance which uses the Dictionary Search feature (<idx:entry>). When searching for the word "should", the Kindle renders an error box containing the message: "The selected item could not be opened. If you purchased this item from Amazon, delete the item and download it from Archived Items." The only option in the error box is to go back to "home" and start over.

If I remove "should" from my source HTML, the error disappears and all is well.

This same error occurs with the word "should" in The New Oxford American Dictionary and the Oxford Dictionary of English.

The error seems to be intermittent ... when it fails with my app, it also fails on the two Oxfords. When one works, they all do.

Any ideas? THANK YOU!

Ralph Trigg

MickeyC · 04-24-2011, 08:37 AM

Hi Ralph and welcome to MobileRead. You should post this question in the Kindle section if you don't get an answer here soon

neilmarr · 04-24-2011, 12:52 PM

Yup, go to the Kindle sub-forum here with your specific question. Great to have your new company. Happy Kindling and best wishes. Neil

GeoffC · 04-25-2011, 02:19 AM

Welcome to Mobileread ….

Have you popped into the Kindle Forum ?

Valmore Daniels · 04-25-2011, 08:44 AM

welcome

ImogenRose · 04-25-2011, 08:59 AM

Hello and welcome to MR!

Imogen

rstrigg · 04-26-2011, 07:47 AM

Thanks to all for the kind welcomes and advice. I've posted in the Kindle sub forum; hope this isn't too much "noise in the channel" with the same posting to several forums.

I appreciate that this is such a welcoming place to be.

Ralph Trigg

04-24-2011, 07:51 AM	#1
rstrigg Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Kindle	Kindle error searching for the word "Should" I'm a new user and don't seem to find a posting for this... I'm publishing my first eBook for the Kindle and using Mobipocket Creator to create the PRC and then copy to the Kindle via USB cable for testing. The source file is computer-generated HTML (about 600,000 lines). The application is a concordance which uses the Dictionary Search feature (<idx:entry>). When searching for the word "should", the Kindle renders an error box containing the message: "The selected item could not be opened. If you purchased this item from Amazon, delete the item and download it from Archived Items." The only option in the error box is to go back to "home" and start over. If I remove "should" from my source HTML, the error disappears and all is well. This same error occurs with the word "should" in The New Oxford American Dictionary and the Oxford Dictionary of English. The error seems to be intermittent ... when it fails with my app, it also fails on the two Oxfords. When one works, they all do. Any ideas? THANK YOU! Ralph Trigg

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04-24-2011, 08:37 AM	#2
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi Ralph and welcome to MobileRead. You should post this question in the Kindle section if you don't get an answer here soon

04-24-2011, 12:52 PM	#3
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Yup, go to the Kindle sub-forum here with your specific question. Great to have your new company. Happy Kindling and best wishes. Neil

04-25-2011, 02:19 AM	#4
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Welcome to Mobileread …. Have you popped into the Kindle Forum ?

04-25-2011, 08:44 AM	#5
Valmore Daniels Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,592 Karma: 2822668 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle	welcome

04-25-2011, 08:59 AM	#6
ImogenRose PORTAL Posts: 7,204 Karma: 2884640 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3 (3G), iPhone	Hello and welcome to MR! Imogen

04-26-2011, 07:47 AM	#7
rstrigg Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Kindle	Thanks to all for the kind welcomes and advice. I've posted in the Kindle sub forum; hope this isn't too much "noise in the channel" with the same posting to several forums. I appreciate that this is such a welcoming place to be. Ralph Trigg

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