CSS template for epub for the mobi conversioin

vogella · 10-29-2011, 07:00 AM

I'm currently creating epub books and converting them to mobi.

I'm not familiar with the possibilities of styling for the Kindle device (mobi).

I assumed that Amazon would provide a default styling sheet for epub so that the mobi result would look good but was unable to find one (searching with Google and on the Amazon site).

Can someone suggest a good default CSS which I could use in in my epub so that I get a good mobi result?

DiapDealer · 10-29-2011, 08:02 AM

The CSS from an epub file must be converted (by kindlegen) to HTML 3.2 attributes in the mobi file, so keeping the CSS extremely simple is always the best approach. Unfortunately, the only way to find out what works best (or at all) is through trial and error (and of course by looking through the threads here at MR to find what others may have stumbled upon).

dwig · 10-29-2011, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vogella

I'm currently creating epub books and converting them to mobi.

I'm not familiar with the possibilities of styling for the Kindle device (mobi).

I assumed that Amazon would provide a default styling sheet for epub so that the mobi result would look good but was unable to find one (searching with Google and on the Amazon site).

Can someone suggest a good default CSS which I could use in in my epub so that I get a good mobi result?

What CSS in an ePub will convert well to MOBI depends a lot on what conversion tool is used.

You might give the Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...cId=1000234621 ) a read with particular attention to the "HTML Guidelines" section. Any tag attribute supported in MOBI should be supported by most conversion tools when encountered in its CSS equivalent.

vogella · 10-29-2011, 02:50 PM

Thanks for the answers.

Are there any example CSS which work fine with epub and mobi which I could use as a starting point?

dwig · 10-29-2011, 03:08 PM

I use this as a starting point:

vogella · 11-02-2011, 08:19 AM

@dwig Thanks. This one looks easy. :-)

10-29-2011, 07:00 AM	#1
vogella Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle	CSS template for epub for the mobi conversioin I'm currently creating epub books and converting them to mobi. I'm not familiar with the possibilities of styling for the Kindle device (mobi). I assumed that Amazon would provide a default styling sheet for epub so that the mobi result would look good but was unable to find one (searching with Google and on the Amazon site). Can someone suggest a good default CSS which I could use in in my epub so that I get a good mobi result?

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10-29-2011, 08:02 AM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,547 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	The CSS from an epub file must be converted (by kindlegen) to HTML 3.2 attributes in the mobi file, so keeping the CSS extremely simple is always the best approach. Unfortunately, the only way to find out what works best (or at all) is through trial and error (and of course by looking through the threads here at MR to find what others may have stumbled upon).

10-29-2011, 02:50 PM	#4
vogella Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle	Thanks for the answers. Are there any example CSS which work fine with epub and mobi which I could use as a starting point?

11-02-2011, 08:19 AM	#6
vogella Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle	@dwig Thanks. This one looks easy. :-)

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