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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

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How to access Kindle Highlights (API?)

I want to make a site that lets you follow other people Kindle Highlights. Is this possible Is there some sort of Kindle Highlights API? Thanks.
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Get Kindle Library Book List

Does anyone know of a way to programmaticly get a list of books from a user's Amazon Kindle Library? I would like to build a service for lending books. Ideally users would be able to export a list of books they are willing to lend without having…
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Kindle periodical format

Not much can be found on the subject of creating eBooks in kindle/mobipocket. Much less is to be found about periodical format - i.e. the format in which Newspapers are published on Amazon. Yet the instapaper.com can do that and now are local…
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Kindle SDK Language/Platform

Does anyone know what language/platform the new Kindle SDK will support?
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How can the Kindle be used as a source code reading tool?

I'm a programmer. I want to be a better programmer. I want to read more source code written by other people (especially open source projects). Also, I'd like to be able to have a on-hand searchable reference to all of that source code so that I…
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Requirements for getting a Kindle Development Kit

How focused a project proposal is required to gain access to a Kindle Development Kit? From Amazon's Request Access page: Briefly describe the active content applications you intend to build on Kindle I don't have a project spec yet, I just…
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What is the best way to format LaTeX source for the Kindle?

I am trying to format my book for a Kindle 3. I'm writing the book using LaTeX. I am ok with transferring the file in PDF format but I need it formatted to be small. I have tried: \documentclass[12pt,b7paper]{book} \usepackage[top=0.5cm,…
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How to put correct app icons sizes in Android, including for Amazon Kindle Fire?

So far, I've always used the next application icons sizes : ldpi 36x36 mdpi 48x48 hdpi 72x72 xhdpi 96x96 xxhdpi 144x144 However, for Amazon Kindle Fire, the situation is different, since it shows the icons on a "carousel", which enlarges them a…
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How to embed a high-resolution icon in a non-Amazon-AppStore Kindle Fire app?

So it looks like the Kindle Fire supports sideloading, which is great, and supports it even without the use of ADB - a user can download an APK and tap on the "download complete" notification just as on any normal Android device. However, when I…
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Create Kindle book programmatically using C#?

I have an idea for a project but it will require being able to create Kindle books on the fly on the server and preferably in .net. I haven't found any libraries to do this however. I see that there are epub libraries, but these would then still…
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Emulator for Amazon Kindle

My app would work very nicely on the new Amazon Kindle Fire, but it would be nice to test it and remove any kinks before they flood onto the market! Is there an emulator of the kindle fire available?
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Reading scientific papers (pdf) on Kindle paperwhite

I'm considering asking Santa a Kindle Paperwhite. My primary use would be to read scientific papers, mostly about physics, and with equations. These papers would be in PDF format, and often two columns. What can I expect then ? Is there a need to…
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Amazon KF8 file format specifications

I want to generate KF8 without going through the conversion process (My Content --> Epub/Html --> KindleGen/Calibre/Other tool), as I need more control over kf8 file generation. The guidelines document & the format overview can't fulfill the need…
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How to put the Amazon Kindle Web Browser into Article Mode

How do you put the Amazon Kindle web browser into Article Mode via HTML or Javascript? Editor's note: Some pages are not automatically detected as "articles" by the Kindle 3 browser, and give an error message when trying to go into Article mode.…
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Is it possible to create .mobi files with python? if so, how?

I want to be able to create .mobi files with python, but i haven't found anything about it after an hour of searching. I don't want to use Calibre or softwares like it, just plain python.
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