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Old 02-12-2010, 07:27 PM   #1
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Creating a URL to open another ebook on a kindle
Hi all,

please forgive if this is a FAQ - I couldn't seem to find an answer anywhere.

What I'm trying to do is create a .mobi book that contains a link that when clicked will open another .mobi book (or .azw book). I've create an .html file with the <A> tag in it converted it to a mobi using a hacked version of html2mobi and then copied it to my kindle, the link is hilighted some times but clicking on it doesn't do much. (I hacked the html2mobi because it insisted on putting a # in front of the url)

The files are a.mobi which contains the link to b.mobi the links I've tried are

<a href="b">open b</a>
<a href="b.mobi">open b</a>
<a href="./b.mobi">open b</a>
<a href="./b">open b</a>

and also
<a href="oeb:redirect?title=b">open b</a> which was suggested on a forum post.

any suggestions or is this not possible? The kindle docs don't mention links to an external file, only internal.

tia,
Dave
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Old 02-12-2010, 07:50 PM   #2
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It's simply not possible to do this on the Kindle, sorry. This is something that was dropped when the Java version of Mobipocket Reader was developed.
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how annoying! Thanks for letting me know Nate the great

and thanks for the welcome desertgrandma, I've been lurking since I got my kindle (I should have come up with a more colorful handle I now realise).
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Old 12-30-2024, 01:53 AM   #5
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Hi everyone.

Does anyone know if anything changed in later Kindle versions in this regard?

Or, if URLs don't work, is there another way of forcing Kindle to open another book from an already opened book.

(I own Kindle Paperwhite 10th generation)

Thanks in advance for your answer.
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I don't believe it's possible on any current model of dedicated ereader.
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Hi, Quoth.

Thanks for a super fast answer.

Very sad to hear that. I was really hoping it would be possible, so I could bypass the dreadful collections with a "collections" ebook.

Oh well
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Hi, Quoth.

Thanks for a super fast answer.

Very sad to hear that. I was really hoping it would be possible, so I could bypass the dreadful collections with a "collections" ebook.

Oh well
What about using the Calibre "ePub Merge" feature? I use it often for a grouping a series of books.
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What about using the Calibre "ePub Merge" feature? I use it often for a grouping a series of books.
Yes, and then links work.
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What about using the Calibre "ePub Merge" feature? I use it often for a grouping a series of books.
Thanks for the suggestion, maybe I'll give it a try.

It won't completely solve what I'd like to achieve, though. I was thinking more in the line of a book, that is a sort of an index for all my collections.
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