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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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How can I do an Amazon App Store search using an Intent and filter it by developer name?

Is there a way to start an Intent on the Kindle Fire that will cause the AppStore app to open and display all the apps for a certain developer? For instance, on a phone/tablet with the Android Market installed, I can do this: Intent otherApps = new…
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What are the limitations for app development on the kindle fire?

I think its time to ask this question since the kindle fire has been out a few days now. I've been hovering around the net to see just how different android vs kindle fire development differed. How different are the 2 in terms of developing…
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Format HTML for Kindle so that chapters appear

I'm using an HTML file as my basis for an eBook, that I want to send to my Kindle via Amazon's conversions service. It's working fine, but I can't figure out how to create chapters that work with the 5-way stick. How do you do this? I tried doing…
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breadcrumb titlebar in Kindle book

Some books or periodicals from Amazon Kindle store have this cool feature that shows a breadcrumb or title bar when you read them. It shows up as the first line of the text. It is not the bar that has the battery and wireless signal icons. It is…
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What's the control used in Kindle for Windows Phone 7

I was wondering what kind of control Amazon has used to display text in their application for Windows Phone 7 ? It must be some kind of custom ones because if I remember correctly there's not support for FlowDocument, Run etc in WP7.
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Differences between AZW and MOBI format for Kindle

I am new to Kindle development and I wonder if there are code level differences between Amazon's AZW format and Mobipocket MOBI format. As far as I understand, AZW is simply DRM added version of Mobipocket format, but is it entirely true? If…
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Can I use google analytics in an app released for the kindle fire store?

I currently have an app on the play store using google analytics. I would like to modify and release that app for the kindle app store and still be able to use GA. I understand that this depends on play services to work correctly. Obviously there…
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Is targeting Kindle app on ipad possible with css media queries?

I am currently experiencing the nightmare that is called Kindle app for ipad. I am on ipad 1 Version 3.9.2 Kindle's support and documentation is abominable. Here are my questions: 1)on the ipad 1, can you confirm that the app does NOT support…
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Making a magazine for Kindle

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…
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How to change the default size of a font file?

Is it possible to change the default size of a font file. I'm talking about ttf files. On my kindle paperwhite, I installed a couple of new fonts. Some of them works great, while some other appears too small, but enlarge it in the kindle menu…
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Crop the white margins of text-based multi-page PDF document and convert it to image-based PDF document

I want convert an electronic book for Kindle. I tried to convert large, two languages text-based PDF ebook with complex formatting styles and images into AZW3 book for Kindle using Calibre, and also tried amazon service, but conversion results poor…
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open source project for pdf/djvu/or-other-image-format text reflow -- formatting books to kindle or other e-readers

Since i bought my own kindle4, i have been searching for software that would help me read scientific papers or comics on it. So far my search has yielded k2pdfopt for the papers and Briss for the comics - actually only manga. The first link, i.e.…
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How well does Programming Clojure work on the Kindle?

Programming Clojure is currently available only in electronic form. I see it's available in .mobi format for the Kindle. My question is, how well does this work? I know some programming books can lose the formatting of the code on the Kindle. …
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Kindle Fire: Minimizing the slim gray bar at the bottom of the screen?

At the bottom of an app running on Kindle Fire, there's a slim gray bar with the Home button, Back button, Menu button, and Search button. I've seen some apps minimize this gray bar automatically after X seconds of no use (in such a way that it's…
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Kindle: Change screen boundaries/resolution

Is there any way to change the resolution or set different boundaries for the screen on Amazon Kindle Keyboard? My screen has a crack in a portion of the screen, and I would like to work around it. I've tried messing around in the filesystem…
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