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Old 02-28-2011, 12:37 PM   #16
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Is it possible to provide the profile according to the Kindle firmware version?
That is way too much complexity. I am not going to ask calibre users to select profiles based on firmware revision.
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Old 03-03-2011, 06:46 AM   #17
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Note that if you select "Articles List" from the "Sections & Articles" view you get the linear list of articles as was available prior to 3.1, and the BACK button works properly if you select an article from this list and the press BACK.
Note however that if you turn off the Kindle (or leave it to turn itself off) whilst viewing the Articles List, when you turn it back on it will return to the start of the section rather than to your previous position in the list.
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Old 03-03-2011, 06:49 AM   #18
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The "article view", I think, is not that intuitive to the users. Kindle users expect everything can be done perfectly with the "Sections & Articles" view. Also, we are limited to 3 article titles per each page in the article view. This does not give a better overview on what is inside the section than displaying the titles as indented text in TOC.
I prefer the Articles List to a TOC, for the brief summary of the article that it gives - the headlines alone are not always enough to tell what it's about.
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Old 03-07-2011, 05:40 AM   #19
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I feel people involved in Calibre development are underestimating this issue. This is a major issue for those who use recipes and have a Kindle 3.
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Old 03-19-2011, 10:25 AM   #20
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A tutorial on using Kindlegen is available at http://powershell.cz/2011/01/07/how-...ith-kindlegen/

The following two sites may give you some idea on how to generate periodical using Amazon's Kindlegen.

http://www.mobileread.mobi/forums/sh...t=68650&page=2
https://bitbucket.org/jiedan/kindler...ndlegen-wq8848 (Thanks jiedan again for the answer)

Below are a few points I conclude from those sites, though I have yet the time to try them out.

1) In the .odf file, add the following <x-metadata> node under the <metadata> node

<x-metadata><output encoding="utf-8" content-type="application/x-mobipocket-subscription-magazine"></output></x-metadata>

2) In the .ncx file, make sure the navigation structure is periodical -> section -> article instead of chapter -> article structure as for a typical ebook.

The following should contain a complete example on the .odf and .ncx files needed to generate a periodical with KindleGen.
https://bitbucket.org/jiedan/kindler...indlereader.py


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I'm working on this. However, after several days of effort I must say this is an extremely difficult problem. I suspect Amazon is formatting periodicals in a way that is not MOBI-compliant, that is they have introduced a wrinkle that the Kindle depends on for the "Sections & Articles" view and the BACK button to work correctly, but that is not necessary for a fully MOBI-compliant reader to work properly.

Note to Kovid: I emailed Marco about how he does his Kindle formatting for Instapaper, and he wouldn't tell me, claiming he didn't want to "irritate Amazon." If he is using kindlegen, I'd be interested in how he is getting it to generate periodical fomats--I haven't been able to figure out how to make it do that. Any clues?
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Old 03-28-2011, 05:34 AM   #21
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any update? Just curious as this issue is a big one.
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Old 03-28-2011, 10:46 AM   #22
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Old 03-28-2011, 11:17 AM   #23
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Old 03-28-2011, 09:56 PM   #24
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I have been working on this, but it is a very difficult problem--I've been down several long paths hoping to find a solution, but no luck yet. I will stay on this, and let you know if I have to give up. I'm not ready to admit defeat yet.
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Old 07-01-2011, 08:12 AM   #25
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its this bug still actual? i had generated a periodical mobi file for kindle in wich the back button works fine, remembers the last position, and the problem with blank "articles list" is also solved (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...68&postcount=6).

I generated my mobi file with kindlegen, but if it can help i can someone send the source files (html,ncx,opf).

Sorry for my bad english.

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Old 07-04-2011, 07:54 AM   #26
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its this bug still actual? i had generated a periodical mobi file for kindle in wich the back button works fine, remembers the last position, and the problem with blank "articles list" is also solved (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...68&postcount=6).

I generated my mobi file with kindlegen, but if it can help i can someone send the source files (html,ncx,opf).

Sorry for my bad english.

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I still have this problem with multiple recipes.
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Old 07-04-2011, 12:00 PM   #27
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There is no problem at all if one uses Kindlegen to produce a periodical. The problem is how to produce a periodical without problem using calibre.

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I still have this problem with multiple recipes.
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Old 07-20-2011, 07:59 AM   #28
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Just to let those interested in this topic that nickredding and I have worked out some solutions to this problem. Check here for details.
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Old 07-22-2011, 01:18 PM   #29
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I would like to help to solve this problem, but I need some advice. I have extracted the html code from 2 mobi files posted in https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/748741. One from calibre and the other from kindlegen. I can see the differences between the two mobi files. Changing the html format can solve this problem? or it's more complicated?. What source files of Calibre can I change to test with diferent mobi formats.
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Old 07-22-2011, 02:23 PM   #30
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