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06-07-2013, 01:04 PM | #167 |
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Hi,
Yes if the latest KindleUnpack barfs (errors out and exits - not just creating an invalid epub) on a valid KF8 file, then i would love to see the exact error message (using debug and raw flags) to see what is going on and get it fixed. Alternatively you can zip up any examples and post a link in the KindleUnpack sticky thread in the Mobi forum on this site (but please do not post a public link to copywritten materials) or post a link privately to KevinH and I will look into fixing KindleUnpack bugs. Take care, KevinH |
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06-09-2013, 10:39 AM | #168 |
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False alarm. The titles of the offending AZW3's were so long that the total path names became longer than 255 chars. Shortening the filenames fixed it.
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06-10-2013, 12:20 PM | #169 |
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Thank you so much for your plugin. It is the only reason I have Calibre. Amazon Kindle to Epub to PDF to...
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06-10-2013, 12:41 PM | #170 |
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You wouldn't technically need the plugin to do the conversion you're talking about, but whatever works for you. I certainly hope that last part doesn't mean you're distributing copyrighted material to an entire classroom of people who are expected to purchase the study material for a course. If it does; I don't approve.
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07-02-2013, 02:01 PM | #171 |
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Hi folks,
I've been working on creating an ebook out of Indesign for weeks. I used the Calibre mobi unpack plugin but I can't seem to find a way of repacking like I can with the Caliber Tweak option. I have reached this point because I am having problems with the image size as they display on the Fire HD devices (they look fine on the e-ink devices). I do not have a problem with the epub exports out of Indesign. The epub works perfectly straight out of the ID export, which gives you the option of relative page sizing for your images. I have tried various methods to try to get a good kindle version, including exporting to epub then converting to Mobi in Calibre, exporting to epub and creating the mobi using kindlegen in previewer, and on and on. The problems with any of those methods is that one thing or another goes wrong...problems with the images being to small on the Fire HD devices, or problems with the embedded fonts disappearing, or the drop caps disappear, bad spacing between paragraphs, the TOC disappears, or the files blow up when I try to open them with the kindle previewer. So I am now on about the 8th trial and error attempt: generate the mobi with the ID kindle export (which gives the best results except for the image width on the HD devices), edit the html and change the image width setting to 100% (great idea I picked up after endless hours scouring the mobil reads forum) and then repack the mobi file so that the previewer and KDP will accept it. But how can I repack it without losing: the toc, the drop caps, the embedded fonts, or otherwise messing up the mobi file? I saw something on the boards about python, but when I went to the site it was daunting...I don't necessarily want to learn a whole new toolset just for this one change I want to make. I also saw someone post that I can just open the OPF in the previewer, but when I did this the page breaks were gone, the fonts were gone, and the TOC was gone. The kindle unpack plugin creates several files and folders. I need to find a way to make a good mobi file out of them once I edit the image width option in the html. Help anyone? JoseWriter |
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But if you really want to, the output from KindleUnpack shoudl go through KindleGen and regenerate the file accurately. The pseudo-ePub is generates is probably the best input to Kindlegen (if it's a Kindle file with a KF8 section). |
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07-02-2013, 03:47 PM | #173 |
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Repack Mobi File from Calibre Kindleunpack plugin
Thank you for the quick reply, pdurrant!
The suggestion you made, to work with the epub out of indesign is an excellent one. I think that was the third thing I tried in my many attempts to fix this, but lets make sure we are talking the same thing. I created the epub export from Indesign. I then opened the Kindle Previewer and went to the section on the page labeled "Open BOOK" to preview. When I did that, the TOC was gone. My assumption is that the previewer uses the Kindle conversion tool to create the mobi. Is that what you meant? JoseWriter |
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You may well need to tweak the ePub to get it to work well as a Kindle ebook. ePubs tend not to have a table of contents as an XHTML file, so that's probably why it's missing. If the Kindle output from InDesign is very nearly what you want, you might be better off going with that and MobiUnpack, especially if you're not very sure of how best to tweak the ePub. You WIL need to learn a little about the two main Kindle formats (Mobi and KF8) so that you can make good decisions about what to use from the KindleUnpack output as input to the Kindlegen/Previewer programmes. Sorry I can't be more specific. I don't know what kind of Kindle output InDesign (or your version of InDesign) produces. |
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07-03-2013, 04:01 PM | #175 |
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I just had occasion to use Kindleunpack: The Plug-in. I'd been putting this off because when I first investigated Mobiunpack I found that it was a Python script, and I despaired of figuring out how to run Python. Then I discovered it as a plug-in, and behold! Python wasn't scary at all.
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07-07-2013, 05:10 PM | #176 |
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I used KindleUnpack plugin to unpack a commercial mobi book that had formatting errors (sections were randomly in smaller print with reduced margins. I opened the html in the upacked mobi folder in Word, repaired the errors, then dropped the saved html in Calibre. As expected, I then had a Zip file that I converted back to mobi. All of my changes where there and correct, but all table of contents hyperlinks where gone, and I could no longer jump from chapter to chapter through the book on my Kindle. I've tried this a couple of times with the same result. Any suggestions?
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07-07-2013, 06:27 PM | #177 |
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I have had a lot of success using InDesign. No need to use Calibre, or ePub, or KindleUnpack, or make any changes to the ouput at all.
I used Amazon's free InDesign plugin - it MUST be the latest version. I've not had any problems with the latest version. I was not using Adobe's ePub output. |
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Oh, you have to have InDesign.... Last edited by montalex; 07-07-2013 at 07:26 PM. Reason: No InDesign |
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I think I'm going to give up and just deal with the sections in small font size. It's not a big deal, just annoying. Thanks |
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