Mobi & AZW Page Break NOT working

[uieluck]

I am in need of urgent page break help. Basically I have an image that starts each chapter and after the image I have inserted a page break. My epub format file recognizes the break, but my MOBI/AZW doesn't seem to wanna work? Ideas?
I have <mbp:pagebreak/> in there. No luck!

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by uieluck

I am in need of urgent page break help. Basically I have an image that starts each chapter and after the image I have inserted a page break. My epub format file recognizes the break, but my MOBI/AZW doesn't seem to wanna work? Ideas?
I have <mbpagebreak/> in there. No luck!

Did you just put a client's entire book up here????

Hitch

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Did you just put a client's entire book up here????

Hitch

Looks like it's a yes. I'm going to delete it so I do end up keeping a copy even though I'm not going to be reading it.

[uieluck]

Yes, I have put whole books up before. I am assuming that's a "no-no". Honestly, they will sell five copies of this. I'm just at that STUMPED stage.

[uieluck]

I have also tried this:
html:
<div class="pagebreak_afterme"</div>
css:
.pagebreak_afterme
{
page-break-after: always;
}

[JSWolf]

Don't use pagebreaks. Just split the XML at each place you want a pagebreak. Do this in an ePub and then you can use Kindlegen to make the eBook from the ePub and you will have the correct pagebreaks.

[uieluck]

"Just split the XML at each place you want a pagebreak."

JSWolf, do you have an example of how to do this? In the opf or ncx file?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by uieluck

"Just split the XML at each place you want a pagebreak."

JSWolf, do you have an example of how to do this? In the opf or ncx file?

If you have an ePub as your source, use Sigil. Sigil make it very easy to split. It adds the splits to the OPF and you can easily rename each new file. Sigil also allows you to make your own NCX very easily.

[uieluck]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

If you have an ePub as your source, use Sigil. Sigil make it very easy to split. It adds the splits to the OPF and you can easily rename each new file. Sigil also allows you to make your own NCX very easily.

Yes, I'm familiar with Siggie. I will attempt to split atoms in there. Thank you sooooo much.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by uieluck

Yes, I'm familiar with Siggie. I will attempt to split atoms in there. Thank you sooooo much.

Happy to help. Good luck.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by uieluck

Yes, I have put whole books up before. I am assuming that's a "no-no". Honestly, they will sell five copies of this. I'm just at that STUMPED stage.

A. your client mightn't be thrilled. I assume it's copyrighted?
B. with all due respect, if you're charging to do this, by now--some 3 years later--you ought to already know that mbp-pagebreak (colon removed due to emoticon) hasn't worked in ages, since the advent of KF8.

I don't mean to sound harsh, and for all I know, this is an unpaid favor you're doing someone, and you don't hold yourself out as a professional bookmaker. But if you're charging to make eBooks--if you're saying you're good enough to be paid--your scope of knowledge should already have this more-than-covered.

I get inquiries every single week from prospective clients with crap books, made by BAD bookmakers, who took them for a ride. This is a hot button issue with me. If I've lumped you in, unfairly, then my apologies in advance. But if you don't know how to force new pages in mobi, you shouldn't be charging to make them, that's absolutely certain. On top of that, you're building the book with Calibre--not the Calibre editor, but the "converter"--which also should NOT be used as a professional ebook-building tool.


Hitch

[uieluck]

Originally Posted by Hitch

A. your client mightn't be thrilled. I assume it's copyrighted?
B. with all due respect, if you're charging to do this, by now--some 3 years later--you ought to already know that mbp-pagebreak (colon removed due to emoticon) hasn't worked in ages, since the advent of KF8.

I don't mean to sound harsh, and for all I know, this is an unpaid favor you're doing someone, and you don't hold yourself out as a professional bookmaker. But if you're charging to make eBooks--if you're saying you're good enough to be paid--your scope of knowledge should already have this more-than-covered.

I get inquiries every single week from prospective clients with crap books, made by BAD bookmakers, who took them for a ride. This is a hot button issue with me. If I've lumped you in, unfairly, then my apologies in advance. But if you don't know how to force new pages in mobi, you shouldn't be charging to make them, that's absolutely certain. On top of that, you're building the book with Calibre--not the Calibre editor, but the "converter"--which also should NOT be used as a professional ebook-building tool.


Hitch

Hitch,
I only use emoticons, excel and mac pages to build my books;•) . Thanks for you suggestions and input.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by uieluck

Hitch,
I only use emoticons, excel and mac pages to build my books;•) . Thanks for you suggestions and input.

uieluck:

You're telling me you created an .azw3 file by using Excel? Or Pages?

I don't think so.

Hitch

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Hitch

uieluck:

You're telling me you created an .azw3 file by using Excel? Or Pages?

I don't think so.

Hitch

I'd like to see a detailed writeup of how to create an eBook using emoticons.

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'd like to see a detailed writeup of how to create an eBook using emoticons.

Pretty Please.... Make me an eBook.