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Kindle eBook Reader

Kindle is the popular eBook reader sold by amazon

http://www.amazon.com/kindle

A SDK is in limited beta phase: http://www.amazon.com/kdk

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Kindle Fire Phonegap cross domain request not working

I am trying to do request cross domain using phonegap/cordova v2.4 in Kindle Fire. I am also using jquery/jquery mobile for the test case. I have had no issues in the past with android devices but when I migrated to Kindle, I cant seem to get the…
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Translation dictionary libraries in JavaScript

Does anybody know some translation dictionary libraries in JavaScript behaving like Kindle? A main use case is that just putting the cursor on a word makes a popup meaning of the word in browser.
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CSS styling constraints for kindle e-ink reader

I am doing some ebook processing. Which involves styling for kindle ebooks. It all looks nice while the newer devices are used, but whenever I open an ebook in older kindle e-ink some styles are not set. Sample: .bordered-box{ border-style:…
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hide soft key toolbar completely on kindle fire

I can see the videos played in kindle fire has no soft key toolbar, How can I do this effect? can I hide the soft key toolbar completely?
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Kindle Fire HD Playing Both Ogg and MP3 using HTML5 Audio Tag

Using the new HTML audio tag:
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Load HTML5 webview into an app

I have no experience with the Kindle KDK, so maybe this is a dull question. I'm wondering. Is it possible to create a simple app that loads a webview? So we could easily "wrap" an existing product. If so, I'm interested in the possibilities: what…
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Google's In-App Billing on Kindle and Nook device

Can some one confirm if Google's In-App Billing works on Kindle Fire and Nook devices or do we need to specifically use Amazon's In-App billing for the same?
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Kindle fire menu icons

I'm using light theme for my Android app:
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How do you use any2mobi command line tool (part of Calibre) to make mobi files from HTML?

I am on MAC OS X 10.5.5. I installed Calibre, a tool for converting e-book files from one format to another. It has a GUI as well as command line tools. I am trying to run the command line tool "any2mobi" to convert HTML files to MOBI pocket format…
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Kindle Fire and GlSurfaceView.getHeight()

Im developing a game for the kindle fire, the game always run with the bar hidden. Only when the user enters to the pause menu the bar should appear , I only want that the bar shows up over the game. But it seems that when the bar show up…
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google drive/docs api in kindle fire

In my app my cloud services are provided by google drive (formely google docs) to interact with google docs I use this library: http://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client/ It works great but requires that the device has the Google Apis on it…
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How to run KindleGen as a dll, not an exe?

Continuing from Create Kindle book programmatically using C#?, I've been in touch with my web host, and they will not allow exes to be run on my shared hosting package. I'm not in the position to get VPS, so does anyone have any idea if a dll…
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Kindle for read scientific papers?

I am interested in buying a Kindle (specifically Kindle Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display). My intention is to read scientific papers and I mainly wanted to know if is possible to read files normally pdfs of the articles (eg Physical Review) with mathematical…
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Can the Kindle SDK be used to read a book purchased on Amazon?

I would like to write an app that can read DRMed Kindle books. Is this possible?
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programming kindle fire style coverflow gallery in flash or jquery

I'm trying to duplicate the style of coverflow gallery used on the home screen of the kindle fire, where books slide across the shelf and flip at the end. Any idea of where I might be able to find some initial source to work with?
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