Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow

Questions tagged [kindle]

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

280 questions
2
votes
1 answer

Running shell scripts on Jailbroken Kindle

I'm trying to do something similar to Matthew Petroff's weather display on a Kindle 4. I have managed to jailbreak the kindle and ssh into it. Now, however, I'm wondering what the best way to run the shell scripts that Petroff shows on the GitHub…
Alex S
  • 4,726
  • 7
  • 39
  • 67
2
votes
1 answer

How can I programatically Kindlize an .HTML or .DOCX or .PDF file (make it Kindle-ready)?

Empirical observation has brought me to the conclusion that when I upload book files to CreateSpace (print books), they are best rendered from .pdf files. Kindle (eBook) format, OTOH, turn out better when provided as a .docx file. Still they are far…
B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven
  • 8,547
  • 144
  • 472
  • 862
2
votes
1 answer

turning off sleep mode on kindle?

I'm just getting into kindle development, and I want to know if it is possible to turn off kindle's sleep mode? Or is there a way to wake it up (or a way to program it to wake up) by pushing the buttons on the front, rather than using the power…
pfunc
  • 1,305
  • 2
  • 24
  • 52
2
votes
2 answers

How to parse text from a plain text file and use the result to highlight a PDF file

Back in 2010, some guy claimed to be capable of doing this: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103847 "The Kindle stores its annotations in a Mobipocket (".mobi") file for each document and in one long text file named "My…
Ramiro
  • 49
  • 11
2
votes
0 answers

EPUB & Kindle File Glossary and Dictionary Selection

The Puzzle I am working on an eBook file, or series of files, which should be compatible with the maximum range of eReaders on the market. This would include, for example: The e-ink Kindle family The Kindle App on iOS, Android (including Kindle…
Matt Mc
  • 8,882
  • 6
  • 53
  • 89
2
votes
2 answers

What language is needed to write applets for e-ink Kindles?

So I want to write a small app for my e-ink Kindle. I know it's possible -- Amazon has released a Kindle Developer's Kit, but I can't figure out how to signup (I followed a signup link on another SO post that redirected to the useless…
evamvid
  • 831
  • 6
  • 18
  • 40
2
votes
1 answer

Do I need to use HTML tags for en as well as em dashes?

I'm editing the HTML for an ebook. I'm using — (—) for when there is an em dash, but do I need to do the same for a regular hyphen, as in "micro-dot" or "over-sensitive"? Or can I just leave the "-" as-is in the text?
EmEssKay
  • 29
  • 2
2
votes
0 answers

Set an image at the bottom of kindle page in HTML for kindlegen

I'm currently designing a title page for a MOBI file and using kindlegen to do it. I'm trying to center an image at the bottom of the title page (a logo), but I'm having trouble doing it. The Kindle Publishing Guidelines specifically don't let me…
Waynn Lue
  • 11,344
  • 8
  • 51
  • 76
2
votes
1 answer

GWT 2.5.1 and Kindle paperwhite user agent

I am using GWT 2.5.1 and I am accesing to a .war deployed with Tomcat 7.0.32, using the browser of a Kindle paperwhite model No. EY21. The problem is that GWT cannot get the user-agent of the Kindle correctly, I mean, I get the following…
horstmann
  • 149
  • 1
  • 2
  • 8
2
votes
1 answer

Trying to root my kindle fire hd but no "Enable ADB " button

I have checked everywhere for people having the same problem and I havent found any. The "enable adb" button is not in the security menu. Can anyone tell me whats going on?
Roshni
  • 73
  • 8
2
votes
2 answers

How to write an app for kindle 4/5?

Do You know, how to write an app for Kindle 4? Kindle Fire have KDK, but is there a possibility to write an app for Kindle 4?
Vexator
  • 181
  • 3
  • 9
2
votes
0 answers

Kindle Fire orientation lock programmatically

I add the following line to my Activity in the Android manifest android:screenOrientation="nosensor" then I add the below code to onCreate() in my Java class if (isSmartphone(this)) { …
Imeshke
  • 811
  • 6
  • 13
2
votes
1 answer

Access Kindle contents via Objective C

I'm looking for a way to access the contents of my kindle using objective-c. Specifically I'd like to: List the documents on the device Add and remove documents Manage collections (add and remove documents, etc..) I know that Calibre does all…
Jonno
  • 23
  • 2
2
votes
1 answer

Unable to replicate query to Amazon Manage Kindle using Curl. What am I missing?

Due to the horrendously slow web interface of Amazon's "Manage your Kindle", I am trying to figure out how to build an app that connects to the undocumented services that feed the management page. I have now established which URLs and parameters to…
oligofren
  • 20,744
  • 16
  • 93
  • 180
2
votes
1 answer

Designing UI in Kindle KDK (extended java.awt)

I have some experience with Android development and now I have decided to learn something new - developing for Kindle (NOT Android based Kindle Fire). Amazon offers KDK + Personal Basis Profile 1.1.2 (JSR 217) as a platform. My problem is, how to…
tomas
  • 669
  • 2
  • 11
  • 23
1 2 3
…
18 19