Many Questions about Kindle

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Permalink Reply by Mary on July 7, 2009 at 11:37pm

HI, I might have answers to some of your questions...
The kindle 1 &2 can read these formats: MOBI, AZW (native format), txt, PRC ( I think it will also read the RTF format, but I can't swear to that)
The large format Kindle (K3?) can also read the PDF format, as well as the others.

I haven't done any publishing, but I have done file conversions using MOBI pocket creator and Stanza.

Beyond that, I don't know the answers to your other questions. I'm sure there are people here ( authors, etc.) who have published in the Kindle format that may be able to help you out!

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Permalink Reply by Aruna on July 7, 2009 at 11:53pm

Hi Mary,

Thanks alot for your reply. I am just wondering if we can read the pdf inside blog with kindle. Actually, I am looking to do this conversion programatically. Hope that anyone else can help me here.

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Permalink Reply by abhi on July 9, 2009 at 2:43pm

a few quick answers:

1) you have to be in the us to publish and sell a book. as far as my experience.
2) there is only one kindle store. get in touch with kindle customer service for further clarification. there is no separate publisher store feature yet.
3) no open API.
4) you cannot embed a pdf into a blog and have kindle owners readthe pdf. Not sure how its handled and whether a link shows up or not.

try talking to joshua talent at kindleformatting.com

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Permalink Reply by Aruna on July 10, 2009 at 12:06am

Thank you so much for the nice info.

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Permalink Reply by Jen Richard on July 13, 2009 at 6:24am

Aruna,

One other item that might be of interest to you is the free tool Calibre. I use it to convert books in virtually an e-format to mobi (which can be read by the Kindle). The link to the tool is : http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/.

-Jen

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Permalink Reply by Bob Jhnson on July 21, 2009 at 7:47am

Thanks for all the great info, should be helpful to many

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Bach on July 21, 2009 at 3:48pm

I write in Word. Then when the mood strikes me I open a copy of Homesite (a simple html editor) I have from an ancient era. I do a "select all" and then "copy" in Word, open an empty page in Homesite, and paste the words into that empty html file.

Then inside of Homesite I do minimal formatting. My book has no pictures (yet). So I am just using the

tag to break up the words into bite size chunks. When that is done I go to dtp.amazon.com and upload my html file. The final step is using the Kindle previewer to "see" what my chapter looks like. I go back and forth between Homesite and the dtp previewer until I like what I see. That is the extent of my formatting. Your mileage may vary.

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