Making a magazine for Kindle

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I am curious as to how people make reading material for Kindle. Does it require programming knowledge? I would think maybe HTML or XML or something? Is there a software to handle everything? If I wanted to make a magazine for people to read with their Kindles, what might be the steps for me to take to reach that goal?

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 26 '10 at 17:53

You might try Amazon's Kindle Publisher page Kindle's Publishing Program. It contains tools to convert HTML, XHTML, XML (OPF/IDPF format), or ePub source into a Kindle Book, and it also includes a Kindle viewer, so you can see what your book will look like on a Kindle.

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 08 '11 at 08:42

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I use the free version of RawCode from Kinser Publishing. They have one with a 'visual' writer to make it easier, but I didn't try it yet. Saves to an HTML page to upload to amazon for conversion.

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answered Mar 05 '11 at 19:08

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score -3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 28 '09 at 09:55

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You can read about the file formats supported by Kindle here. Basically all you need to do is produce a pdf.

answered Dec 28 '09 at 09:55

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Wow, I thought there was so much more than meets the eye. – Strawberry Dec 28 '09 at 10:19
This is actually misleading because the PDF will be converted to .mobi and depending on the content of the PDF it will be more or less distorted. I tried two different PDFs yesterday and the kindle preview showed them so messed up that I would never publish them like that... – Predrag Stojadinović Feb 23 '15 at 13:19
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Unfortunately I cannot delete the answer. – Klaus Byskov Pedersen Feb 23 '15 at 13:22

Making a magazine for Kindle

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