![]() ![]() Upload of epub to KDP is the only thing that counts for Amazon distribution. It's totally inferior to conversion (without Amazon tools) and USB transfer. The Send to Kindle email or Web is a courtesy service for two reasons:ġ) For people that don't know how to convert epubĢ) So Amazon gets a copy. If you are publishing then only upload of epub2 to KDP counts, and DON'T download the preview but buy retail copies for later or ancient kindlles, both by Download for PC for USB transfer (azw3 on most kindles) and Whispernet/WiFi for eink kindles and direct for Fire or Apps (both will give KFX, except on Apple iOS, except on ancient Kindles which will be mobi or azw (KF7)). The best way is Calibre conversion of epub2 to either azw3 or dual mobi. The epub2 reaches everything.Ģ) The only possible way to sideload the ePub3 file to a Kindle Reader is through their "Send-to-kindle" option, either using the desktop PC sowftare or their special webpage. If you really need epub3 features then it's probably not a regular ebook (and an app is better). Use epub2 for Google, Smashwords and Amazon and that is about 100% distribution for English (as Smashwords/D2D redistribute to the significant others such as Kobo, Scribd, Tolino, Barnes&Noble and Apple). The only place you upload dual mobi to is Smashwords for their own customer. Smashwords redistributes uploaded epub2 to Kobo, Barnes&Noble, Apple etc and sells it direct. Wordprocessor styles need to include suitable font names especially to get monospace font (which while not on GUI list, is there).īUT the only place in the world you send azw3 to is a local kindle via USB. We test any new styles/formats of ebook in old mobi (Calibre epub2 to old mobi (KF7) on a DXG and KK3 to make sure the ebook still works using the limited old fonts (serif, sans & monospace with normal, bold, italic or italic bold). ![]() Really ancient Kindles get old mobi format. We've been doing it since about 2015 when the PW3 was released!Īmazon KDP uploaded with epub2 and embedded fonts works on anything Amazon delivers using azw3 or KFX. The Dual mobi is pointless other than your own website or Smashwords for unknown Kindle models. Convert epub2 to Dual mobi (or AZW3 only for direct USB)Īny Kindle with FW later than about 3.4.x has Publisher option on fonts or themes. There seems to be no way to allow Kindle Readers – even the most recent Paperwhite versions – to display any "Publisher font" correctly. Most will look at it and think it's a Mobi.ĭoes your eBook work when the embedded fonts do not display? If so, dump the fonts as you have no way of getting them to work on an older Kindle. You are best to create a separate mobi and KF8 then a dual-format file. The KF8 is what's displaying the embedded fonts. What you are doing is creating a dual-format file that contains Mobi & KF8. Mobi does not support embedded or side loaded fonts on a Kindle. Hope to find a solution to this conundrum. This is clearly a problem with how the file was changed during the transfer or how the Kindle Reader recognizes the ePub3. It is true that the users can always choose to display the text with one of the default fonts instead, but after sideloading an ePub3 to a Kindle Reader there is no difference when switching from "Publisher font" to "Amazon Ember". mobi file using Kindle Previewer 3, the resulting file can be copied directly into the documents folder of a Kindle Reader, which loads and displays all our custom fonts beautifully. So your best to not embed fonts and make your eBooks work with a Kindle using KF8 without embedded fonts.Īs already reported, when we export our ePub3 as a plain. You have to go to the Aa menu and select Publisher Font. They do support embedded fonts.īut the problem with a Kindle is that they do not display embedded fonts by default. We have tried everything and of course all the ePub3 and CSS validations passed with flying colours, but basically now we are stuck because we don't know how to get a Kindle reader to properly display an ePub3 with embedded fonts.Īny help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated! So, there seems to be something "filtering" these fonts. mobi using Kindle Previewer 3.70 and copy them to the same readers, all the custom fonts show up. Please note that if we convert the ePub3 files to. mobi using Amazon's Kindle Previewer to provide the widest choice for our readers – we were forced to start from scratch and build a new ePub3 structure for our ebooks.Įverything is fine on any "basic" ePub reader (including ADE) and Apple Books, but when we sideload ePub3 files on our Kindle readers, all the custom fonts we use are completely missing. After many years of happy ePub2 coding – whose files were converted to. ![]()
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