Converting EPUB to MOBI

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by SigilBear

I added the TOC Semantics, but SRL isn't even listed among the choices on my Sigil KindleGen plugin, even though I still get a SRL error. I just ignored the error and published it.

SRL (Start Reading Location) is an Amazon KDP term. There is no SRL menu option in Sigil; you'll have to select Add Semantics... > Body Matter for epub3 books.

Originally Posted by Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines 2017.2

Publishers do not need to define a start reading location because Amazon does this during the upload process.

Since Amazon KDP apparently no longer requires it, you can ignore this warning.

[Notjohn]

Originally Posted by SigilBear

I added the TOC Semantics, but SRL isn't even listed among the choices on my Sigil KindleGen plugin, even though I still get a SRL error. I just ignored the error and published it.

The "semantic" for SRL is "text".

I don't set the SRL because the Amazon publishing workflow seems to reset it at page one, chapter one. I prefer that the book open at the cover, and about three-quarters of my books presently do that, at least on Look Inside.

[SigilBear]

Originally Posted by Notjohn

The "semantic" for SRL is "text".

I don't set the SRL because the Amazon publishing workflow seems to reset it at page one, chapter one. I prefer that the book open at the cover, and about three-quarters of my books presently do that, at least on Look Inside.

Yes, it does seem like a really redundant thing. I should try applying it to the last page, just for kicks.

[Notjohn]

Originally Posted by SigilBear

Yes, it does seem like a really redundant thing. I should try applying it to the last page, just for kicks.

That's probably why Amazon over-rides the SRL. If we could do that, every book in the KU lending library would earn half a cent for every page in the book, regardless of how many were actually read.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Notjohn

That's probably why Amazon over-rides the SRL. If we could do that, every book in the KU lending library would earn half a cent for every page in the book, regardless of how many were actually read.

From what I have been told, if a KU loan is opened and then skipped to the last page, not only does the author not get paid for that copy of the book being "read", they can and will be penalized for the reader's actions. Those algorithms can get pretty nasty.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by DNSB

From what I have been told, if a KU loan is opened and then skipped to the last page, not only does the author not get paid for that copy of the book being "read", they can and will be penalized for the reader's actions. Those algorithms can get pretty nasty.

They are certainly intensely aware of it. I don't know the how any longer--for a long time, yes it was practically a given that they'd beat the crap out of you for any suspicious action.

They've definitely, patently and clearly updated those algos. I don't know how they wrote it, but it's obviously managed/tracked/identified differently now (KU abuse, I mean).

Hitch

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Hitch

They are certainly intensely aware of it. I don't know the how any longer--for a long time, yes it was practically a given that they'd beat the crap out of you for any suspicious action.

They've definitely, patently and clearly updated those algos. I don't know how they wrote it, but it's obviously managed/tracked/identified differently now (KU abuse, I mean).

Hitch

If you keep WiFi off, does all the KU pages read then be sent to Amazon if you do turn WiFi on at some later time?

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

If you keep WiFi off, does all the KU pages read then be sent to Amazon if you do turn WiFi on at some later time?

Oh, yes, I think you can safely assume that's a given. How else could they ever make it work?

Hitch

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Oh, yes, I think you can safely assume that's a given. How else could they ever make it work?

Hitch

How does a Kindle differentiate between a KU eBook and a regular eBook or does Amazon get sent all of what's read?

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

How does a Kindle differentiate between a KU eBook and a regular eBook or does Amazon get sent all of what's read?

It's been well known for over a decade that kindles send quite detailed reading information to amazon.

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

It's been well known for over a decade that kindles send quite detailed reading information to amazon.

The Kindle Terms of Service mentions some of the usage data collected but that is the tip of the iceberg.

4. General

Information Provided to Amazon. The Kindle Application will provide Amazon with information about use of your Kindle Application and its interaction with Kindle Content and the Service (such as last page read, content archiving, available memory, up-time, log files, and signal strength). Information provided to Amazon may be stored on servers outside the country in which you live. We will handle any information we receive in accordance with the Amazon.com Privacy Notice (http://www.amazon.com/privacy).