01-25-2014, 02:50 PM | #1 |
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AZK issues
Well, a former client contacted me for another project, and I agreed to take it on. So I was thrilled when I updated Kindle Previewer and discovered that Amazon has updated their approach to Apple iOS devices. I opened an EPUB using Previewer, saw the instructions to sideload the AZK file to my iPad, did what you're supposed to do in iTunes and — got nothing. No matter how many times I synced, the file never showed up on the 1st generation iPad I use for proofing. I could, however, sideload it onto an iPad mini in my household (more on that in a moment).
I take this to mean that the Kindle app for iOS 5.1.1, which is the latest that will run on the iPad I have, somehow doesn't recognize azk files. However, having checked the release notes, this was not made explicit, so I'm wondering if maybe I'm missing something in the sideloading process, or if anyone knows if my hunch is correct. Now, about the azk file on the iPad mini: I'm doing some initial proofing, simply to make sure the formatting of the text is coming in without errors, but I see already that the azk file has dropped all italics, while the italics have come through intact in the mobi file (which is all I can preview on my iPad) and Previewer's rendering of KF8 devices. Has anyone seen similar problems with azk files? |
01-25-2014, 03:15 PM | #2 |
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01-26-2014, 08:15 PM | #3 |
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Interesting for italics on your AZK. My AZK seems to have italics. I have uploaded two azk files to the mobi section of our eBook forum. These are two books from the Shelf of Fiction. They include italics primarily entered using character italics, not paragraph italics. Perhaps this is the difference. In any event check our wiki for AZK. I have started to decode the contents. It is mostly JSON files but the source and the binaries are both inside a zip so you can possibly look and see where the problem lies. There is a source file for the CSS it is using inside the file.
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02-04-2014, 05:24 PM | #4 |
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Updated Reader for iPad
And the newest version for iOS 5.1.1 recognizes the AZK format. No italics issues! Thanks, everyone, for your help!
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