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Though Calibre CAN make a file that ends in mobi and has KF7, KF8 and fonts. What's called Dual mobi. I don't think those sensibly end in azw.
A Kindle DXG can load a dual mobi ending in .mobi, it can't load an AZW. You only get the KF7 bit. An up to date Kindle Keyboard can show the KF7 or KF8 of a dual mobi. It seems to also be able to load some azw, but Amazon only gives it mobi files. The PW3 can work with old mobi/ KF7, dual mobi (and show the KF8), azw3/KF8 (Amazon's default USB transfer for it) or KFX (Whispernet/WiFi direct from Amazon). In all cases even if it's KFX or Azw3/KF8 on my PW3, it seems to need the Aa option and Publisher to show embedded fonts, but if ALL the required fonts aren't embedded the results can look worse than selecting the built in font. OTH all the epub ereaders I have automatically use the embedded fonts, except an ancient Binatone, where that only works if you put the ebook in the Adobe directory rather than Books (I forget the exact name of both directories). There seem to be four common different Binatone LCD based ereaders, though one is actually a full Android Tablet with a QWERTY keyboard, too ancient for Playstore, but many USB transferred Android apps work. None have touch. There is allegedly also an old eink Binatone, but I've not seen it and reviews suggest it doesn't really work. A user needs to carefully read all the screens the first time they use Calibre to convert. Some old PDA ebook formats use the SAME file ending for incompatible unrelated ebooks for different Palm applications. Calibre can make the different kinds, if you set the options. So in Calibre, it's not enough to set a Target Option (epub, pdb, mobi etc), there are additional options to set which can be made the new default. The fresh install defaults may not be what are needed. Example: On Page and Image formatting there are a huge number of devices. Tablet actually means "Don't reformat". Selecting any other particular target can have unexpected results for images already generally suitable. Last edited by Quoth; 10-23-2020 at 11:25 AM. |
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Thanks for the suggestions. I think I got partway to solving the problem by converting the epub (where the embedded fonts are about half the size of the originals, so I am guessing they are "obfuscated") to AZW. I then convert that to mobi by opening it in Kindle Previewer 3. When I export it and send it to my Kindle Fire, it displays perfectly. (I would add that it makes no difference if I choose "publishers fonts" or not.)
When I then open that exported file in Kindle Previewer 3, it also displays correctly, though with the error message that it was "created with an older version of Kindle Generator that will not be supported in the future." So far, so good. But when I try to load it into the KDP internet site, it is rejected with the error message: "There was a problem processing your file." I repeated the generation process from scratch and tried again. Same results. (I would add that the size is well within the 650 megabyte limit.) Any ideas? Last edited by NIRC; 10-23-2020 at 08:31 PM. |
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It's likely the font, because despite your luck with it, obfuscated fonts cannot be used at KDP/Kindlegen. They won't build properly and whilst your earlier result seemed to indicate some success (not sure how), if the fonts ARE obfuscated, it won't/can't work. Now, it's entirely possible that they're not in fact obfuscated, but subset, but the bottom line is, you're guessing. You're guessing, and we are, because you're using a process that does not get inside the code. This is the problem with how you're working--you're using InDesign, which tells you nothing, really; then you're using Calibre, which is "push button" without you having to know anything and now you have a result that doesn't tell you anything. I'm sorry, but you're asking us all to play Pin the Tail on the Troubleshooting. Can't be done like this. Hitch |
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Only upload epub2 to KDP, unless you are doing fixed layout.
Forget about making mobi or azw. Anything is best directly converted from epub2 in Calibre and the best starting point, unless you want to use Sigil or edit CSS and/or HTML is a properly styled docx made in Word or LO Writer, but only edit native odt in Writer and use an extra Save As docx for export. Also InDesign and then conversion is a bad solution. Either have an Indesign plugin for the type of thing you want, or don't use it. It's really for paper/PDFs and other fixed layout documents. |
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Oh, and also while subset fonts should work, I can't get it to work. It's a good principle not to have too many fonts anyway. Some indeed are very large due to supporting almost every glyph in the last 4000 years.
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I apologize for frustrating those of you who would like specific questions regarding the code. I just don't know how to access that information or what I should be looking for. All I know is this: I got the mobi file to work perfectly in the Kindle Previewer and on my Kindle fire, but the KDP page rejects it. If someone could tell me what to check, I will try my best to catch up, but I am really ignorant when it comes to tracking down the source of the problem. I would be happy to supply the mobi file if necessary.
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There is no such thing as a dual format .azw. The dual Kindle eBooks use .mobi. This is from Kindlegen.
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It's possible it's one particular font Calibre chokes on when trying to create a subset? I didn't investigate yet. |
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Shameless plug: If Calibre fails to subset your fonts, you could also try my quick & dirty Sigil font subsetting plugin. |
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