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Old 07-11-2015, 12:50 AM   #1
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TBH, Wikipedia doesn’t pack enough moolah when it comes to elaborating something related to a franchise. Wikia, on the other hand, is curated greatly enough to be *closely* considered canon, IMHO. I was wondering, if a tool/function can be built which can redirect a word/phrase when selected from the menu to the wikia of the particular book, and not to Wikipedia.

I know this has to be somewhat challenging, but I am pretty sure this is doable. Eg: if I am reading a book from The wheel of time series, then maybe I can edit the book/do something that will point out to http://wot.wikia.com/. This goes for all the books for which there are corresponding wikias.

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I was wondering, if a tool/function can be built which can redirect a word/phrase when selected from the menu to the wikia of the particular book, and not to Wikipedia.
There are several solutions to this problem:

a) Ask a Kindle developer to generate a custom ACX search extension for you.

b) Generate a custom X-Ray file for your book(s).

c) Generate a custom Kindle dictionary for the book series. For an example, see the GOT Kindle dictionary.
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Old 07-11-2015, 02:29 AM   #3
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There are several solutions to this problem:

a) Ask a Kindle developer to generate a custom ACX search extension for you.

b) Generate a custom X-Ray file for your book(s).

c) Generate a custom Kindle dictionary for the book series. For an example, see the GOT Kindle dictionary.
thanks a ton for supporting my idea.

a. Unfortunately i am a noob when it comes to development. can you please point me to someone who can help me with this?

b. this i can do. but xray is not working as it should at the moment. though ephemerality and others are working hard towards it.

c. my idea is to replace wikipedia from the menu. rather it should point to wikia link, which would obviously should be put in the book first beofre laoding onto kindle.

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a. Unfortunately i am a noob when it comes to development. can you please point me to someone who can help me with this?
I'm not a developer either. Why don't you post in the ACX thread that I linked to and ask for help?

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b. this i can do. but xray is not working as it should at the moment. though ephemerality and others are working hard towards it.
I couldn't get the standalone version to work either, but, IIRC, mjwilson's Calibre plugin worked for some books the last time I tested it.

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c. my idea is to replace wikipedia from the menu. rather it should point to wikia link, which would obviously should be put in the book first before loading onto kindle.
AFAIK, you can't define search preferences in a book, you can only embed a custom link to the corresponding Wikia site.

IMHO, a custom search extension would be the best solution and a Kindle dictionary the easiest solution (it takes only a couple of minutes to convert a tab-delimited text file into a Kindle dictionary and all required tools are freely available).
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The stand-alone version has been working on and off for people using firmware 5.6+, especially trying to highlight words rather than opening the X-Ray menu. Generating an X--Ray to use as a custom dictionary would work for single words only, and we'd have to add an option to link terms somewhere other than Shelfari.
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Old 07-16-2015, 01:51 AM   #6
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The stand-alone version has been working on and off for people using firmware 5.6+, especially trying to highlight words rather than opening the X-Ray menu. Generating an X--Ray to use as a custom dictionary would work for single words only, and we'd have to add an option to link terms somewhere other than Shelfari.
but making a custom dictionary is a pain in the rear
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