That seems to be about the formats that are accepted through their KDP publishing service, not the readers themselves, and that if one wants one's book to be usable on e-ink Kindles like Arthur's the choices are now plain text or PDF.
We don't use that service so it's a bit irrelevant, isn't it? Regards, John Ralls > On Oct 4, 2021, at 8:16 AM, Dale Alspach <alspac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > An explanation of the *conversion process* used by Amazon for kindle is > given here https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200634390. > Note that MOBI is not supported for new documents. > > Dale > > > On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 9:32 PM A Harvey <gah1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Addressing the messages in reverse order. >> I should have been more precise. All my comments have assumed the user has >> an Kindle e-reader, i.e. "Kindle", "Kindle Paperwhite" or "Kindle Oasis". >> I thought the "Kindle Fire" was or is a tablet, not just an e-reader. I >> know very little about the Fire. I think it has a color display and does >> stuff one might expect a tablet to do including download and run apps. >> >> With respect to how to get documents onto a Kindle, either of the methods I >> briefly described will work for any format supported by the Kindle. I have >> a bunch of books I bought from a non-Amazon site that lets one download a >> purchased book in multiple formats. This site offers PDF, ePub and MOBI. >> I uploaded books in all 3 formats (including ePub) from my PC to my Amazon >> account by emailing the books, as attachments, to the email address >> supplied by Amazon for that purpose. My Kindle will display all of these >> in the list of documents for my personal library. WiFi connection >> required, of course. If I want to read them, I can download them from my >> library at Amazon to my Kindle device over the network. They remain stored >> on the device until I decide to remove them. I can read the PDF version, >> with some pain as I mentioned. I can read the MOBI version without any >> trouble. If I try to read the ePub, I get an error essentially telling me >> it can't decipher that. >> >> I have also loaded various format docs from my PC to my Kindle via a USB >> cable. I find the email method to be much easier and faster than >> connecting the device to my PC. Also, I can load the books from my library >> to the Android Kindle app and to the Windows app in the same way as I do >> for the Kindle device. >> >> With respect to handling HTML as a document, it works fine if there is only >> a *single* HTML file with no other files required. I don't think this >> would work very well for the GNC documentation if it requires any other >> files of any type including HTML or a directory structure. I think >> Amazon has a section on its web site with information for authors. I have >> not looked at this and don't know if it has suggestions that would help for >> the GNC documentation. >> >> Regarding Amazon dropping MOBI, I hadn't heard about Amazon dropping MOBI >> support from their readers. There would be a large number of pissed-off >> people who bought content from Amazon in MOBI years ago. I'm guessing they >> require any new books that are sold through Amazon to be one of the AZW >> formats as I think they have better formatting capabilities and make it >> harder to remove DRM. I haven't investigated that carefully so don't quote >> me. >> >> I tried the link from flywire >> https://gnucash-docs-rst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html >> in the "Experimental Browser" (I'm thinking that the browser has been >> around maybe 10 or more years. An endless experiment). I was happy that >> it loaded more quickly than I expected. Most of my time was spent trying >> to correctly type the url. Using links to navigate worked fine. One must >> remember that the Kindle display is black and white only so everything is >> grayscale. Also, it has the same size issue as does PDF. The entire page >> is loaded and the only way to enlarge text is by zooming in. No reflow of >> that document. >> >> I also loaded a single HTML document to the device and displayed it as I >> would any other book . It works fine. Text reflows and it follows links to >> locations that are within the document. >> >> Hope some of this information proves useful. >> -Arthur >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 7:24 PM D. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> The app question depends on the type of Kindle you're using. The Fire has >>> supported apps in the past, but more bare bones Kindles don't. >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* A Harvey >>> *Sent:* Sun Oct 03 15:30:50 EDT 2021 >>> *To:* "D." >>> *Cc:* flywire , Gnucash Users >>> *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Build 4.8 docs issue >>> >>> Flywire and D. >>> Thanks for the suggestions. I will try them tonight and report back. >>> >>> The Kindle has what Amazon calls the "Experimental Browser". I have >> tried >>> it a few times in the past just to see what it's like. What it's like is >>> pouring molasses, but it works. I will try entering the link in the >> Kindle >>> browser. I will also try to display an HTML document loaded to my Kindle >>> to compare the speed. I assume that would be much faster. To get an HTML >>> document to a Kindle, I either have to email it to an address that is >>> unique to my account which will store it with the rest of my docs on an >>> Amazon server, or plug my Kindle into a PC and copy the document from the >>> PC to the Kindle. >>> >>> With respect to downloading an app, I don't think the Kindle supports >> apps >>> of any kind. I should say I have never seen any downloadable apps on >> Amazon >>> or on the web. I have seen a few grumbles about Kindle not having >>> downloadable games. >>> -Arthur >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 9:29 AM D. via gnucash-user < >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >>> >>>> If Arthur can load the html in your link on his Kindle, he could install >>>> an epub app (such as Overdrive) and get his flow going using that. >>>> >>>> >>>> -------- Original Message -------- >>>> From: flywire < flywi...@gmail.com> >>>> Sent: Sun Oct 03 07:25:44 EDT 2021 >>>> To: Gnucash Users < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >>>> Subject: [GNC] Build 4.8 docs issue >>>> >>>> Arthur, that's a nice summary of a >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflowable_document >>>> >>>> The issue has been raised and >>>> https://gnucash-docs-rst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html was >>>> offered as a format. 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