I believe if you setup your chapter titles correctly (aka use a header style) they will also start on a new page where available.   I can try and confirm that tonight.   

Yes you can opt out of any store you like. 

What if my chapter title is actually an image? I suppose it would work to select the image then select a header style...

I guess that means that the first words on any new page, such as a copyright page, or dedication page, or anything has to be a header style?

Mobipocket creator handles my page breaks just fine...

I'll just bump this once, just in case someone can help...

Hello everyone. I'm working on formatting a book for kindle. I'm going from Word to Mobipocket Creator, which is working very well with a few exceptions. My first question has to to with an image at the beginning of the first chapter. Within the image are the words "Chapter One" and the title of the first chapter. Then below the image, the text starts. It looks good. But if I use the text-to-speech, of course it doesn't know what words are in the image. So visually impaired people would miss out on those words.

I read on one blog that if you put alt text in the image tag in the HTML, then the text-to-speech will read it out loud. I do know HTML, so I deleted the prc file that mobipocket creator made, edited the HTML file and told it to rebuild the prc file. No luck. Then I started a new project in mobipocket creator starting with the HTML file that mobipocket creator had earlier made (rather than starting from the Word file) and still no luck. Any ideas?

My second question has to do with line spacing. The first letter of the first line of text in the chapter is larger. You can't do drop caps on kindle, but you can do what I call "up cap" - making the first letter larger. This works well except that there is a larger space between the 1st and 2nd lines than between the 2nd and 3rd lines because of that letter being bigger. In Word, I specified the between-line spacing for the paragraphs as an absolute, rather than based on text size (18 pts rather than 1.5 lines). So in Word it looks good - the space between the 1st & 2nd lines the same as between the 2nd and 3rd lines, but this doesn't seem to carry over to the prc file. There might be no way to fix this, but I thought I'd ask.

Thanks!
Cathy

Have you called the phone number yet? Are you sure your dad bought it new from Amazon?

I've heard of kindles that can't register, and you get that message to call, if it's been blacklisted - reported lost or stolen.

I'm starting to think that Amazon will avoid the whole fight with Apple by pulling the Kindle app (which shouldn't affect current users)...

It needs refining, and would probably have to be modified and updated to reflect the bells and whistles that are available on the other apps, bur what if it wasn't? ...

It seems like it WOULD affect current users, who use the app on their iPhone or iPad. The app currently installed might continue to work, IF you never update your iPhone/iPad. An update would certainly stop the app from working. It's possible that even syncing to iTunes would cause the app to stop working. Apple isn't going to let the current app keeping working if they feel it breaks their rules (my guess).

Also, although I think the web version is a decent option, it does require one to be connected to the internet, so it wouldn't work well for people who want to read somewhere that they don't have a constant connection. I'm especially thinking of the non-3G devices (wi-fi iPad, and iPod Touch).

Regardless of these issues, I do think Amazon should NOT cave to Apple, and would prefer they pull their app if they can't find a reasonable agreement. Everyone will know it was Apple that was a di*k, not Amazon.

If you have a non-Amazon book (or even an Amazon book w/o page numbers) but want page numbers, there's someone on Mobile Reads who made a little program that makes the page info file that the kindle now uses:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1388963&postcount=18

I've used it - it works like a charm. It doesn't work on .prc files (I don't really know what the difference is between prc and mobi - I was able to just change one of my book's file extension from prc to mobi and the book worked fine, as well as the page file).

Hm... It says the app developer can only have 3000 items in its "catalog". So what if Amazon did offer 3000 items (maybe only free titles??) so that they wouldn't loose money "selling" books through the app and having to give 30% to Apple. Apple can't say, "Hey! you have to offer all your books!" because it's not possible - there can only be 3000. Then Amazon can email all it's users explaining the situation and telling people they have to buy their books through the web browser, and Amazon isn't allowed to put a link to it in the app, so people will have to type amazon.com themselves.

The question is, would Apple let Amazon provide users access to books they didn't buy through the app?

Although I've commented here, I think it's somewhat silly, other than as a warning to kindle book users who are considering buying an apple device. The Amazon folks know a lot more about this than we do, I'm sure, and they will figure out what to do.

Do any of you have received enabled Collections Kindle direct from Amazon
If yes... It means that I did not deserve...   

Not sure what you mean. Once you get the kindle registered (or, get it to realize that it already is registered), from the home screen you press Menu, then pick "Create New Collection". Then you add books to the collection.

the mobile reads forum has a method for how to do this via USB. I think it was often used by people overseas who... well I don't recall what the problem is. I haven't found the specific thread yet, but here is the forum:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=140

Edit - Here's the thread, though it is for the K2 and involves hacking the kindle.
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87686

If it was me, I would a) ask the nurse or a friend or family member to take it somewhere and register it (and actually, it is registered, that's how you are able to download books via pc. What you really need help with is synching it via wi-fi just once for collections to work); b) install wi-fi in my house; or c) return the kindle and get the 3G version.

The advantage of b & c options is that not only do you not have to connect it to your computer to get books, but it will also back up your notes and highlights, as well as your collections.

This is a pretty specific issue, so I have doubts anyone can help. But...

I have some non-drm'ed books stored in my Google Docs account. In the past, I've been able to use the mobile version of google to find my books while using the kindle 3 browser, and click on them, and then download to my kindle just as they do at feedbooks or other places.

Recently, though, with many (but not all) of my .mobi books (some are .prc), the kindle gives me the message that it can only download mobi, prc, txt, etc. But it IS mobi. Other mobi books download just fine and I don't see any similarities among the ones that do vs. the ones that don't.

Any ideas?

Yeah it was in spam. The weird thing is that both the email from Amazon and the email from me (forwarding the email from Amazon) went to spam even though he normally gets email from both of us.

My impression is that if they sell a book anywhere (such as Amazon.com), then they have to have the option in the app to sell the book in the app (Apple getting 30%). Since Amazon only gets 30%, from both Agency Model books AND self-published books that are in the 70% commission bracket, Amazon would get NO money from those books. Worse, Amazon would actually loose money since they have to pay AT&T some money for 3G book transmission (I'm not sure how that works on iPhones, but if someone bought all their books in-app, and then wanted to download them to their kindle also, Amazon would be making zero money off of books, yet would have to support the download of those books over 3G forever, plus website hosting of the books, CS costs, etc.).

SO, if my assumptions above are correct, I think that Amazon would simply choose not to have an iPhone app at all, rather than loose money. So THAT'S the problem.

Some people will be p*ssed at Amazon for removing the apps rather than modifying the apps to fit Apple's demands, but I think far more people will be mad at Apple, and choose not to get an iPhone or iPad (or sell the one they have) and buy a kindle. Or choose not to sell their kindle (as many people did when they got iPads). I think it would hurt Apple more than Amazon especially since this doesn't just affect Amazon customers, but also Netflix, hulu, the B&N ebook store, etc.

Is there an option to get tips so beginners can learn easier?

From the main screen of the game, there is a link for "how to play chess", but I don't see any options for it to give you hints as you play. It does let you take back your last move, though, which is a great way to learn. I'd recommend playing many many games on level 1, taking back moves as necessary, until you win one. Then play level 1 until you can win without taking back moves. Then move to level 2.

I recommend the DTB Play Winning Chess by Yasser Seirawan, if you'd like to learn. He has a whole series of books that go into more and more detail. At this time, I can't recommend a kindle version of a chess book - there's just too much flipping back and forth from a chess board diagram, to lists of moves, to text descriptions.