[KOwrites]

My latest book has images in it. I initially uploaded the book in Word format. It looks perfect when I download it on my iPad and kindle 3G, however the preview on Amazon.com is all messed up (no paragraphs, spacing etc).

For my first book, I uploaded the book in HTML and later kindle format in order to fix the preview. That worked. It doesn't seem to work with images. For some reason, I cannot get the book to look good when I upload in HTML or kindle format. I'm clearly not converting or uploading the file the right way.

Any tips on what the best way is to upload a book (created in Word) that has images.

Thanks.
Kevin

I had all kinds of problems this past summer after the KF8 changes came about. These instructions helped me from another KBer....with a post at her website. She writes erotica (just warning) but she knows her stuff for formatting and getting it to look good on Kindle. I just used her instructions again for an update I had to do for my three novels for Amazon. Here's the post at her website with the instructions...
http://www.klerotica.com/?p=114

 

[KOwrites]

That's exactly the way I uploaded the file. It does work, but the formatting of the book messes up when I do it that way.

I'll check that guide out. I'm not a big fan of Calibre but I'll give it a try.

Well, yes...I used to do all my Mobi files in InDesign 5.0 but it got so messed up after the Zon made their changes and I couldn't get it to work. (Readers couldn't see the type on black background). Her instructions were exceptional. I reverted back to Word (less of a fan of that program), did the web filtered version save, and created both ePub and Mobi files with her instructions.

I go direct with Apple so the payoff is great because I pass ePub check every time before I upload. Now, I know images are tricky that may still be your hang up on the ePub side, but I do have images (small ones) at the back of my book in Mobi for Amazon and it turns out fine. Good luck!