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I waited nervously while my book went through “Review”. I had to go back and type in the book description, but the message didn’t complain about my blank book cover window, so I hit the publish button again. (The description should be short and catchy, like a blurb on the back cover of a paperback.)Īfter completing my upload, I tried to publish, but received an error message. Likewise, I did not enter anything in the book description window because that, too, was part of my mobi.

Huh? The cover was included in my mobi file, and Amazon’s guidelines say not to upload a cover twice, so I left that pesky window empty. Great! But wait, when I started entering info on the Product Details page, I came to a window where I was asked to browse for my book cover and upload it. They said mobi files work very well and I should go ahead and upload my book on the DTP. I contacted Kindle DTP Support, asking what steps to follow when uploading a mobi formatted book. OPF was in place, Kindlegen finally told me I had a complete mobi file.

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Both apps are available for free on the internet.)

(FYI, Mobipocket Creator and Mobipocket Reader are an easier way to create and read mobi files, per discussions on Amazon’s message boards. OPF, my computer savvy offspring did the job, using html coding that’s way beyond me. OPF? From my son, I learned it’s an “open package format” file which tells Kindlegen where to find all parts of a book, including the cover. But how?Įach time I ran my book through Kindlegen, it converted the html file into a mobi file (a format used for ebooks) but with a warning: “No cover specified.” The Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines state, “Covers are defined in the. Remember, Amazon says, “Only Kindle files created using Kindlegen are guaranteed to be compatible with the current and future Kindle devices & applications.” I took that to mean I should also use Kindlegen to embed my book cover. Then I will give you an easier alternative.Īs you know, I employed Kindlegen and the Kindle Previewer to perfect my text formatting. Please bear with me as I explain that method, because I want you to know what not to do. There’s a hard way and an easy way to embed a book cover image. Option 2 (waaaay easier and faster): use the browser-based Kindle websiteĪn alternative to doing the above steps is to just use the online Kindle version which runs in your browser, here. The current/latest version as of the time of this writing is 9: "KindleForPC-installer-9.exe".

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Get it here: -> click "Download for PC & Mac".

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Install the latest Kindle app inside Windows 10.

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Download Windows 10 for free from Microsoft here: -> choose your Edition, then Language, then choose 32-bit or 64-bit (if not sure, choose 64-bit).

Install the Virtual Box virtual machine inside Linux Ubuntu:.

I couldn't get Kindle to run in wine on Linux at all, but the below solutions work perfectly on Linux Ubuntu (and should also work fine on Mac, and on other Linux distributions), and are no-cost.įor the latest version of Kindle, the solutions I am using are as follows: Option 1: install the Kindle program inside Windows 10 inside Virtual Box inside Linux

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QObject::startTimer: Timers can only be used with threads started with QThread003c:fixme:msvcp:_Locinfo_Locinfo_ctor_cat_cstr (0x33f638 1 C) semi-stubĠ03c:fixme:file:FindFirstFileExW flags not implemented 0x00000002Ġ03c:fixme:msvcp:_Locinfo_Locinfo_ctor_cat_cstr (0x33fb18 1 C) semi-stubĠ03c:err:seh:raise_exception Unhandled exception code 80000003 flags 0 addr 0x7bc7df3c When you Cancel the alert, a few additional lines appear in the console window.Ĭonsole output $ wine KindleForPC-installer-4.exeĠ019:fixme:advapi:RegisterEventSourceW ((null),L"AdobeARMservice"): stubĠ019:fixme:advapi:ReportEventW (0xcafe4242,0x0004,0x0000,0x00000000,(nil),0x0001,0x00000000,0x73fc3c,(nil)): stubĠ019:fixme:advapi:DeregisterEventSource (0xcafe4242) 003c:fixme:msvcp:_Mtx_init_in_situ unknown flags ignored: 2Ġ03c:fixme:msvcp:_Mtx_init_in_situ unknown flags ignored: 102Ġ03c:fixme:msvcp:_Mtx_init_in_situ unknown flags ignored: 2Ġ03c:fixme:msvcp:_Locinfo_Locinfo_ctor_cat_cstr (0x33f9d8 1 C) semi-stubĠ03c:fixme:msvcp:_Locinfo_Locinfo_ctor_cat_cstr (0x33f9a8 1 C) semi-stubĠ03c:fixme:msvcp:_Locinfo_Locinfo_ctor_cat_cstr (0x33fde8 1 C) semi-stubĠ03c:fixme:msvcp:_Locinfo_Locinfo_ctor_cat_cstr (0x33fdb8 1 C) semi-stubĠ03c:fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshotĠ03c:fixme:toolhelp:Heap32ListFirst : stub Then a Windows alert dialogue appears which seems to indicate that the files have been installed, and kindle.exe launched, but there is a Windows C++ Runtime issue, and the GUI does not appear. I get a whole lot of error messages (see at end). I'm not knowledgeable about error messages.