07-27-2017, 04:33 PM | #61 |
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We don't delete threads unless they're spam or contain extremely offensive material. The truth about the subject has been determined (and the thread-title is no longer misleading) and it's here for people to read and discover for themselves (if they take the time to read--and we seem to have a lot of readers around here. ). There's no reason to delete it.
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07-27-2017, 05:24 PM | #62 |
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07-27-2017, 10:03 PM | #63 | |
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07-27-2017, 11:27 PM | #64 | |
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Can anyone confirm if the table of contents keeps working, when you click on a chapter or not? |
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07-28-2017, 04:47 AM | #65 | |
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As I say, this is something I haven't personally tested. |
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07-28-2017, 02:05 PM | #66 | ||
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This is a neat trick! Thanks DBX!
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One drawback: If you email the epub with a .png or .txt, etc. extension, the title will be the filename and the author will be your email address; whereas, if you convert the epub through KindleGen (or Calibre) first then email the resulting .mobi, the Kindle will pick up the title and author from the OPF. However, if you use the Send-to-Kindle app, the app allows you to input the title and author before sending. Last edited by odamizu; 07-29-2017 at 03:28 PM. Reason: more info |
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07-30-2017, 12:18 PM | #67 | |
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This suggests that when Amazon gets this "png" file it is recognised as a zipped collection of HTML and css. It is ignoring the metadata in the OPF (title, author, cover image tag). It is not really converting epub. There would be ways to test that I guess. Is everything in the right order (though I suppose that's the ncx)? Are all the chapters in the "Goto" list? Does it get the cover? How about if the cover is not named something like "cover.jpg"? Anyway, to convert ePub I use the Sigil Kindlegen plugin that makes an azw and copy it to the Kindle via USB. No email, no Amazon. Everything works. |
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07-30-2017, 12:35 PM | #68 | |
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It converts it to AZW3. Everything "works" as you'd expect from an AZW3 it just doesn't include the metadata or page numbers.Everything is in the proper order. As I mentioned in my previous post it does an extremely good job sans those things. Kindlegen v2.9 converted ePubs will not have properly functioning Japanese word highlighting, emailing it will. This is irrelevant to most people but is handy to me and suggests they are doing something different. It is converting it, it probably just ignores the opf and writes it's own. |
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If you are interested in finding out what is happening I suggest processing a sample book both ways and then using kindleunpack to convert the resulting AZW3 files from your kindle into text and comparing them to see what is different. |
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07-30-2017, 05:29 PM | #70 | |
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08-03-2017, 05:34 AM | #71 | |
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Since you say it is missing metadata that is in the epub, mostly the opf, I guess, then it is not treating it as an ePub, but a zipfile of HTML, etc. I am keeping my Kindle permanently airplane, so I can't test this myself. |
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Email the book to your Kindle's email address, then go to "Manage Your Kindle" and select "Transfer via USB" to get the resulting KF8 file, which you can then sideload to your Kindle. |
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