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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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Does the Kindle's web browser support Javascript? And what browser does it have (or emulate)?

I'm investigating platforms for web development and wondering whether a web based app could be used on an Ereader like the Kindle. Does the Amazon Kindle (latest version 2.0, I think) web browser support Javascript? What web browser does it…
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Shouldn't window.screen.width/height correspond to actual screen width/height?

Toying around with the WebKit browser in the new Kindle 3G, I noticed that window.screen.width and window.screen.height don't reflect the actual screen dimensions. The physical screen (or rather, paper) dimensions are 800 x 600. I get: 800 x 506 in…
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Identify if device is Kindle

I have an Android app I'd like to offer on the Amazon's AppStore. My app has some location-based features and camera features which I need to disable if the user's device is a Kindle. Is there a way to programmatically detect if a user's Device is a…
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CSS media queries for Amazon Kindle Web Browser

We'd like to use a higher contrast style for our web page on Kindle web browser for e-ink displays. However Kindle uses regular screen media type. There is mention of using amzn-mobi and amzn-kf8 media types for Kindle but they seem to be applicable…
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Kindle: Get furthest read location

I'm clutching at straws a little here but was wondering if anyone had any insight into whether this was possible. It doesn't seem as though Amazon provide any kind of [public] API for getting data about a users kindle books and specifically how far…
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Merge multiple .MOBI files into one

Downloaded a book in the .mobi file format. The files came separated by chapters. Hoping to find an application or a way to merge all the .mobi files into one single file.
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What protocol does a kindle use to phone home?

What protocol does a Kindle 3 WiFi use to communicate with Amazon and download files on your kindle.com/free.kindle.com account? I know I can use some network sniffing software to find it out, but I just need a quick answer.
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Google Advertising ID equivalent for Amazon devices

Wondering whats equivalent for Google Advertising Id for Amazon kindle/phone devices? I researched around, and it seems only "Secure.ANDROID_ID" seems to be nearest solution. Any inputs will be appreciated.
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Some Unicode characters not displaying on Kindle

I am implementing a book for Kindle device using HTML, but some Unicode special characters are not displaying in Kindle, such as: X -hax: x̄ X-double bar : x̿ R- hax : ͞R My head tag is :
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How to Sync Notes & Highlights from Kindle Account to iOS / Android Apps - Similar to what ReadWise does

I've been researching for ways in which I could fetch Notes & Highlights from my Kindle Account to an iOS/Android App. Things I know so far There is no official Kindle API which Amazon provides, at the moment (Sep 2021) There are few ways in which…
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How to align table data for Kindle (KF8)

I'm doing my first steps with the kindle format KF8. The Publishing Guidelines states that the format supports CSS3: The earlier Kindle platform offered very basic support for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). This has been significantly enhanced in…
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Android Studio runtime error Stub! at com.amazon.device.messaging.ADMMessageReceiver.()

When I build the Amazon (Kindle) flavor of my Android app I run into this Runtime error: Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Stub! at com.amazon.device.messaging.ADMMessageReceiver.() I need the local amazon-device-messaging.jar file to…
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Embed JavaScript in a Kindle ebook

Is it possible to publish an ebook for e-Ink Kindles (not Kindle Fire) that can run JavaScript inside the ebook?
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How to interact with Amazon bought items?

I would like to synchronize our library management system (OLIB) with our Amazon's account in order to keep track of our bought eBooks. Is that even possible? The closest I've got is Amazon's Product Advertising…
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Strange behavior using TextAppearanceSpan on Kindle Fire

Kindle Fire seems to have a 'different' way of handling spans in the SpannableStringBuilder. I found that when I add a TextAppearanceSpan before a ForegroundColorSpan the foreground color is ignored. If I add the TextAppearanceSpan first, then the…
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