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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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Extract Sales rank from a website

I am trying to extract Sales rank of kindle books from this amazon site. In the above case the sales rank is 3 (element name "SalesRank") This is what i have tried till now $xpath_kindle->query("//li[@id='SalesRank']")->item(0)->nodeValue; any…
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Converting exsisting Android project to Kindle

I have an existing android project which is available in the Android market. Is it possible to convert that to be work in Kindle? I have no idea about Kindle and when searching I found that it can run android apps. Thank you
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Converting PDF files to Kindle 3 format (.prc)

I am trying to convert this pdf file (http://www.filedropper.com/freewill) to kindle format (.prc). I use Mobipocket Creator and build the pdf file, and then put the generated .prc file on my kindle, however it still shows up as PDF images and not…
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android kindle fire not showing application's graphics correctly

I have developed an app running successfully on all the versions of android phones but it is not working, as desired, on Kindle Fire. I have configured the emulator as mentioned on https://developer.amazon.com/help/faq.html#KindleFire When tested it…
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Using "class" in tag - necessary or not?

Publishing an ebook, and the Kindle validation (in Kindle Previewer 3) fails because the conversion software adds a "class" attribute to the tag. The style only sets margins and padding to 0, which surely could be as easily done by redefining…
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Redacted / highlighted PDF becomes too big with this script. Can it be improved?

A few years ago I asked this question. I wanted to extract my Kindle annotations from the MyClippings.txt file and use them to annotate a PDF version of the original text. Very useful for academic reading (e.g., having the annotated original PDF is…
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Kindle displays source code with blank lines after each line

I have the following text in Markdown: ``` # Testing Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. ```java for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)…
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Why different types of list-item not allowed in Kindle format

In Kindle device the ordered list-styles (i.e. roman and alpha like that) is not support it displays only the numbered list. (i.e. 1,2,3) etc... upper-alpha upper-alpha lower-alpha decimal-leading-zero lower-greek Please solve my…
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Creating a kindle dictionary

I am trying to create a Kindle dictionary that can be used for offline lookup. I already have the words and their inflections, but turning this into a working dictionary is difficult. There is some documentation about this provided by Amazon. It…
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How to install new fonts on the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite eInk eBook reader?

The Kindle Paperwhite reader comes with a few fonts pre-installed. However, I would like to install more fonts on the device. How do I do this?
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Variable in Android app reverting to zero only on Fire HD

I have written a card playing app. When I tried it on my new Kindle Fire 8 HD it played a strange card. Debugging it on the PC it played the correct card. Ditto on the emulator, on an old Kindle Fire, and a small smartphone I have. By using Toast…
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How can i convert .prc file to .mobi file

I want to convert .prc file of mobipocket creator to .mobile format. Please suggest me any tool. Thanks
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Converting hindi/arabic charset from a pdf file to a mobi file

I am creating an online service and I have absolutely no idea on where to even start on multilingual pdf to mobi file conversion. I have created an app for english language and that is pretty easy but the problem with the pdf and multibyte charsets…
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Regex not specific enough

So I wrote a program for my Kindle e-reader that searches my highlights and deletes repetitive text (it's usually information about the book title, author, page number, etc.). I thought it was functional but sometimes there would random be periods…
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Attachment not added when sending pdf to kindle email using nodemailer

I'm trying to send pdfs to kindle email. When I send it to my own email, the pdfs are added correctly. But I get the following error when I send to kindle email: Your message did not include any documents in the attachment or image files. The code…
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