Kindle Fire: also missing "section/articles" in all news

mkgtu · 11-19-2011, 11:43 PM

There is a thread addressing this issue with the Touch. Just want to reiterate the problem here as regards Kindle Fire. I tried some of the experiments with changing the .mobi extension to .pobi (which had some success with the Touch), but it doesn't seem to work with the Fire.

Basically, all news/periodical files transferred from calibre to Fire, either via USB or Email, show up OK as .mobi files. But they are all rendered as Books, i.e. they have no navigational controls (e.g., sections/article lists, etc). Just as with a book, you can "Go To . . ." the Table of Contents and navigate to a single article, but would have to repeat that procedure for each article.

Will send request to Amazon to look into the issue. Suggest others might do the same. Or some maybe some genius can figure out a fix.

For now, Calibre's News function is rendered pretty useless with the Kindle Fire (or Touch)!

nickredding · 11-20-2011, 12:39 PM

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=157745

tbernstein · 11-20-2011, 01:33 PM

The table of contents still shows all the articles. Not as nice as the display on my kindle keyboard but usable. Photos look awesome.

jsl21 · 11-21-2011, 11:14 AM

I know that this isn't really a solution but I have found that on the Kindle Fire, instead of using the table of contents on a newspaper or magazine, start by going to the cover, and on the next page is a list of sections. If you click on a section, it gives you a list of the articles in the section. After choosing an article, if you click on the back arrow, it will go back to the article list for the section and then you can go back to the section list. Not as good as the sections and articles on my old Kindle 2, but much better than the using the table of contents. I was about to return my Fire until I realized this.

11-19-2011, 11:43 PM	#1
mkgtu Zealot Posts: 144 Karma: 33000 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Currently:Voyage, Oasis 3, Kindle mobile apps, andKindle Fire	Kindle Fire: also missing "section/articles" in all news There is a thread addressing this issue with the Touch. Just want to reiterate the problem here as regards Kindle Fire. I tried some of the experiments with changing the .mobi extension to .pobi (which had some success with the Touch), but it doesn't seem to work with the Fire. Basically, all news/periodical files transferred from calibre to Fire, either via USB or Email, show up OK as .mobi files. But they are all rendered as Books, i.e. they have no navigational controls (e.g., sections/article lists, etc). Just as with a book, you can "Go To . . ." the Table of Contents and navigate to a single article, but would have to repeat that procedure for each article. Will send request to Amazon to look into the issue. Suggest others might do the same. Or some maybe some genius can figure out a fix. For now, Calibre's News function is rendered pretty useless with the Kindle Fire (or Touch)!

11-20-2011, 01:33 PM	#3
tbernstein Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: kindle	use table of contents The table of contents still shows all the articles. Not as nice as the display on my kindle keyboard but usable. Photos look awesome.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Kindle Touch: "Sections & Articles" index page missing on newspapers/magazines	theseamonkey	Devices	62	10-12-2012 03:49 PM
Anyone Else Concerned About the "Up to 8 Hours" Battery Spec. for Kindle Fire?	Batman Jr.	Amazon Fire	45	10-19-2011 08:32 PM
Techcrunch: The Kindle "Fire"	kjk	News	92	09-30-2011 11:19 AM
Call "print newspapers" as "snailpapers" because they arrive with news is 12 hrs old	taglines	Lounge	4	02-05-2010 11:01 AM
Split the "News and Commentary" section	Phogg	Feedback	15	11-23-2009 06:06 PM

11-20-2011, 12:39 PM	#2
nickredding onlinenewsreader.net Posts: 332 Karma: 10143 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ & Victoria, BC Device: Kindle 3, Kindle Fire, IPad3, iPhone4, Playbook, HTC Inspire	https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=157745

11-21-2011, 11:14 AM	#4
jsl21 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kindle	I know that this isn't really a solution but I have found that on the Kindle Fire, instead of using the table of contents on a newspaper or magazine, start by going to the cover, and on the next page is a list of sections. If you click on a section, it gives you a list of the articles in the section. After choosing an article, if you click on the back arrow, it will go back to the article list for the section and then you can go back to the section list. Not as good as the sections and articles on my old Kindle 2, but much better than the using the table of contents. I was about to return my Fire until I realized this.

Advert