Making better ePubs and Kindle books
If you're an indie or self-published author, a Kindle version of your book is a top priority because Amazon sells a ginormous volume of books and nearly everybody you know has a Kindle or will get one for Christmas. An ePub version is important, too! … [Continue Reading]
Kindle Format 8 with support for HTML5 and CSS3 is very, very BIG news. Finally, the primitive Mobi7 format with its bizarre and convoluted formatting workarounds will be a thing of the past in a few months. Amazon's announcement explains the … [Continue Reading]
Do you have illustrations meant to fill the available viewing space on a Kindle page? If so, there are a couple of things you need to know: The dimensions of the viewable area on the Kindle device. Unlike a book cover, which fills the screen at … [Continue Reading]
On December 27, 2010, Amazon announced that the third-generation Kindle is "the bestselling product in Amazon's history, eclipsing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)." On Christmas Day, The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo was the most purchased … [Continue Reading]
Amazon just announced (December 30, 2010) that eligible Kindle books can be lent once, for a period of 14 days. They have also provided detailed illustrated instructions on amazon.com. Briefly, there are two ways to determine if a book is lendable … [Continue Reading]
A Kindle book has two cover images that serve different purposes and cause a lot of confusion: The cover image that displays on your Kindle or Kindle reading app The cover image in the amazon.com product catalog Numerous questions … [Continue Reading]
If you have more than one "Kindle for the Web" sample on a single page, the display may be mangled. Yesterday, someone showed me an example on a multiple-post blog page. The second book sample was literally "jumping up" from its own post into the … [Continue Reading]
Kindle Cloud Reader replaced Kindle for the Web, making information on this page obsolete on several levels. Amazon just announced Kindle for the Web, a new service that lets you read and share Kindle book samples directly in your browser without … [Continue Reading]
Amazon just announced a new Reading App that doesn't require an app at all: Kindle for the Web, Beta. On Amazon pages for selected books, there is a new button labeled Read first chapter FREE. When you click the button, you can read the sample … [Continue Reading]
Did you know that you can highlight an interesting passage in a Kindle book, and then share your thoughts about it on Facebook or Twitter? Highlighting has been available on the Kindle for a while, but in mid-2010, Amazon added the hook to social … [Continue Reading]