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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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Stripping all but visible characters from copied text (Invisible control characters corrupting code)

I've copied some code from a kindle e book, for pasting into a Jupyter notebook. Python reports errors when trying to run the code. For context, I'm running the notebook in VSCode, but that is not in it's self the issue. The chrome extension I'm…
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Speech app for Ebook Apps

I actually want to develop an Android app, which can be used to read aloud the words from apps like Kindle, nook, etc. Is there any possible way? I don't think this is possible, but my client somehow wants this to be done! Any help would be greatly…
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widows/orphans CSS doesn't not work on Kindle Oasis/Paperwhite

Last 24 hours I spent on figuring out how to control widows/orphans but without using widows and orphans selectors in my CSS. Believe it or not, but Kindle Oasis and Paperwhite for that matter (though I don't have this device at hand) use AZW3 files…
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Does Xamarin.Forms MasterDetailPage work with Kindle VoiceOver accessibility

I am revisiting an issue where the behaviour of our app on an Amazon Kindle does not work as expected. When using VoiceOver on an Android device it works correctly on version 5.1, 6.0, 7.0, 9.0 and 10. However, on a Kindle Fire 7 (7th generation)…
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Can a HTML form be used offline?

I'm wanting to create a HTML page to be accessed via the kindle browser. I'm wanting to create a puzzle using a form and, when the user solves the puzzle, it will just create a new puzzle. I'm aiming to use cookies to hold the users progress. It can…
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Is it possible to have offline translation for Kindle Paperwhite?

Right now to translate word in Kindle Paperwhite I have to press on word, then I will see 3 popups(Dictionary, Wikipedia and Translation). For Translation - it is possible to use only when Kindle Paperwhite connected to WiFi as I see. Is there way…
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How to extract text from .kdf files?

I'm working with a .kdf file (making a book for Kindle) and want to extract the text from it because I made changes to it and need to update my .doc file. How to extract the text? An inspection of the file suggests that it is an SQLite database…
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How to make Amazon Kindle Text to Speech skip over some text

I am deploying some books to Amazon Kindle. The text has lots of numeric citations links at paragraph and sentence ends. How do I make kindle text to speech skip over those and not read them out lout. I tried to put them in element, but it did not…
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Cannot install PyAudio using pip. Cannot install PyAudio file through web. Kindle/Fire OS Work around?

I normally use a windows device and have everything installed properly there. Went to download pydroid 3 on android tablet, got that and pip and all dependencies downloaded besides PyAudio. It seems the .whl file is only compatible with Windows…
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Does/ can Google's ARCore work on a Kindle?

I'm currently developing a Unity3D app for a Kindle Fire using Google's ARCore, and I'm running through their Android quickstart guide. With how Amazon blocks any external or foreign links (i.e. anything but their own "Appstore"), running the app…
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How to spoof sender email address?

Recently I found a web application that can send email to my kindle foo@kindle.com on my behalf myemail@gmail.com. I am curious that how they can spoof the email sender to my gmail address without any permission. It's Kindle policy that only email…
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How does the Kindle decide whether to follow a link or display it as a footnote?

I'm trying to debug a Kindle ebook that has both footnotes and internal navigation, on a Kindle e-ink reader. The problem is, some of the links that should take you to a different page are instead interpreted as footnotes showing up in a popup at…
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How to open my IOS application after selecting word(s) in Kindle?

I developed an IOS app that can copy to the clipboard. I also have the Kindle App, and when I am reading an ebook, I can select a word to find its definition. Does anybody know how I can associate my IOS app with the Kindle app? I would like my…
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CSS for fiction ebook

I am creating a fiction ebook using plain html as the source files for the chapters of the book. I would like to keep the html as vanilla as possible and use CSS for the formatting. Most of the book just needs an indent for any paragraph following a…
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Removing an imported text file (Python)

I'm trying to remove a couple of lines from a text file that I imported from my Kindle. The text looks like: Shall I come to you? Nicholls David, One Day, loc. 876-876 Dexter looked up at the window of the flat where Emma used to live. Nicholls…
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