An explanation of the *conversion process* used by Amazon for kindle is given here https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200634390. Note that MOBI is not supported for new documents.
Dale On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 9:32 PM A Harvey <gah1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Addressing the messages in reverse order. > I should have been more precise. All my comments have assumed the user has > an Kindle e-reader, i.e. "Kindle", "Kindle Paperwhite" or "Kindle Oasis". > I thought the "Kindle Fire" was or is a tablet, not just an e-reader. I > know very little about the Fire. I think it has a color display and does > stuff one might expect a tablet to do including download and run apps. > > With respect to how to get documents onto a Kindle, either of the methods I > briefly described will work for any format supported by the Kindle. I have > a bunch of books I bought from a non-Amazon site that lets one download a > purchased book in multiple formats. This site offers PDF, ePub and MOBI. > I uploaded books in all 3 formats (including ePub) from my PC to my Amazon > account by emailing the books, as attachments, to the email address > supplied by Amazon for that purpose. My Kindle will display all of these > in the list of documents for my personal library. WiFi connection > required, of course. If I want to read them, I can download them from my > library at Amazon to my Kindle device over the network. They remain stored > on the device until I decide to remove them. I can read the PDF version, > with some pain as I mentioned. I can read the MOBI version without any > trouble. If I try to read the ePub, I get an error essentially telling me > it can't decipher that. > > I have also loaded various format docs from my PC to my Kindle via a USB > cable. I find the email method to be much easier and faster than > connecting the device to my PC. Also, I can load the books from my library > to the Android Kindle app and to the Windows app in the same way as I do > for the Kindle device. > > With respect to handling HTML as a document, it works fine if there is only > a *single* HTML file with no other files required. I don't think this > would work very well for the GNC documentation if it requires any other > files of any type including HTML or a directory structure. I think > Amazon has a section on its web site with information for authors. I have > not looked at this and don't know if it has suggestions that would help for > the GNC documentation. > > Regarding Amazon dropping MOBI, I hadn't heard about Amazon dropping MOBI > support from their readers. There would be a large number of pissed-off > people who bought content from Amazon in MOBI years ago. I'm guessing they > require any new books that are sold through Amazon to be one of the AZW > formats as I think they have better formatting capabilities and make it > harder to remove DRM. I haven't investigated that carefully so don't quote > me. > > I tried the link from flywire > https://gnucash-docs-rst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html > in the "Experimental Browser" (I'm thinking that the browser has been > around maybe 10 or more years. An endless experiment). I was happy that > it loaded more quickly than I expected. Most of my time was spent trying > to correctly type the url. Using links to navigate worked fine. One must > remember that the Kindle display is black and white only so everything is > grayscale. Also, it has the same size issue as does PDF. The entire page > is loaded and the only way to enlarge text is by zooming in. No reflow of > that document. > > I also loaded a single HTML document to the device and displayed it as I > would any other book . It works fine. Text reflows and it follows links to > locations that are within the document. > > Hope some of this information proves useful. > -Arthur > > > > On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 7:24 PM D. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > The app question depends on the type of Kindle you're using. The Fire has > > supported apps in the past, but more bare bones Kindles don't. > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* A Harvey > > *Sent:* Sun Oct 03 15:30:50 EDT 2021 > > *To:* "D." > > *Cc:* flywire , Gnucash Users > > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Build 4.8 docs issue > > > > Flywire and D. > > Thanks for the suggestions. I will try them tonight and report back. > > > > The Kindle has what Amazon calls the "Experimental Browser". I have > tried > > it a few times in the past just to see what it's like. What it's like is > > pouring molasses, but it works. I will try entering the link in the > Kindle > > browser. I will also try to display an HTML document loaded to my Kindle > > to compare the speed. I assume that would be much faster. To get an HTML > > document to a Kindle, I either have to email it to an address that is > > unique to my account which will store it with the rest of my docs on an > > Amazon server, or plug my Kindle into a PC and copy the document from the > > PC to the Kindle. > > > > With respect to downloading an app, I don't think the Kindle supports > apps > > of any kind. I should say I have never seen any downloadable apps on > Amazon > > or on the web. I have seen a few grumbles about Kindle not having > > downloadable games. > > -Arthur > > > > On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 9:29 AM D. via gnucash-user < > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > > >> If Arthur can load the html in your link on his Kindle, he could install > >> an epub app (such as Overdrive) and get his flow going using that. > >> > >> > >> -------- Original Message -------- > >> From: flywire < flywi...@gmail.com> > >> Sent: Sun Oct 03 07:25:44 EDT 2021 > >> To: Gnucash Users < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > >> Subject: [GNC] Build 4.8 docs issue > >> > >> Arthur, that's a nice summary of a > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflowable_document > >> > >> The issue has been raised and > >> https://gnucash-docs-rst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html was > >> offered as a format. 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