Webbish Books http://webbishbooks.com for learning webbish and making better eBooks Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:42:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Kindle Format 8 http://webbishbooks.com/2011/10/kindle-format-8/ http://webbishbooks.com/2011/10/kindle-format-8/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:47:43 +0000 Araby http://webbishbooks.com/?p=454 Kindle Format 8 with support for HTML5 and CSS3 is very, very BIG news. Finally, the primitive Mobi7 format with its bizarre and convoluted formatting workarounds will be a thing of the past in a few months.

Amazon’s announcement explains the changes. Their FAQ (at the bottom of the announcement) says that it won’t be . . . → Read More: Kindle Format 8]]> http://webbishbooks.com/2011/10/kindle-format-8/feed/ 0 Kindle Color Fire http://webbishbooks.com/2011/09/kindle-color-fire/ http://webbishbooks.com/2011/09/kindle-color-fire/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:36:08 +0000 Araby http://webbishbooks.com/?p=434 Amazon has announced the new color Kindle Fire. Backlit 7″ touch screen, no e-Ink, no keyboard, dual-core processor, forked Android OS, fast Internet via Amazon’s cloud servers, shipping November 15, 2011.

The Fire Kindle is registered to your Amazon account out of the box, so no registration hassles. Price is competitive at $199. Turn . . . → Read More: Kindle Color Fire]]> http://webbishbooks.com/2011/09/kindle-color-fire/feed/ 0 Kindle Tablet for Christmas 2011? http://webbishbooks.com/2011/09/kindle-tablet-for-christmas-2011/ http://webbishbooks.com/2011/09/kindle-tablet-for-christmas-2011/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:46:04 +0000 Araby http://webbishbooks.com/?p=413 MG Siegler (TechCrunch) says he’s seen and used a DVT (design testing unit model) 7″ Amazon Tablet that may be released by end of November 2011. [Added: Amazon has since released the color Kindle Fire, which shipped November 15, 2011.]

The new device is backlit with an LED capacitive touch screen, no e-ink, no buttons. . . . → Read More: Kindle Tablet for Christmas 2011?]]> http://webbishbooks.com/2011/09/kindle-tablet-for-christmas-2011/feed/ 0 Kindle Maximum Image Size http://webbishbooks.com/2011/01/kindle-maximum-image-size/ http://webbishbooks.com/2011/01/kindle-maximum-image-size/#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:47:57 +0000 Araby http://webbishbooks.com/?p=365 Do you have illustrations meant to fill the available viewing space on a Kindle page? If so, there are a couple of things you need to know:

The dimensions of the viewable area on the Kindle device. Unlike a book cover, which fills the screen at 600 by 800 pixels, pages have margins on all . . . → Read More: Kindle Maximum Image Size]]> http://webbishbooks.com/2011/01/kindle-maximum-image-size/feed/ 22 About eBooks and eReaders http://webbishbooks.com/2010/12/about-ebooks-and-ereaders/ http://webbishbooks.com/2010/12/about-ebooks-and-ereaders/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:09:56 +0000 Araby http://webbishbooks.com/?p=323 On December 27, 2010, Amazon announced that the third-generation Kindle is “the bestselling product in Amazon’s history, eclipsing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7).” On Christmas Day, The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo was the most purchased and most gifted Kindle book on amazon.com. Enough copies of “Eclipse” were sold for Edward Cullen . . . → Read More: About eBooks and eReaders]]> http://webbishbooks.com/2010/12/about-ebooks-and-ereaders/feed/ 0