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Audit .mobi through Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines #5

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Go through the .mobi version and make sure it follows the guidelines:

http://kindlegen.s3.amazonaws.com/AmazonKindlePublishingGuidelines.pdf

This is a checklist from the end of the above guidelines:

  1. Open the book for the first time or go to the cover page.
    • Cover: The Kindle book should have a cover.
    • Single Cover: From the cover, flip to the next page. There should not be another image of the cover page. For exceptions, see section 3.2.3 Cover Image Guideline Add touch icon family #3: Internal Cover Must Not Appear Twice.
  2. Go to the table of contents.
    • In the table of contents, each item should be clickable and should link to the correct location in the book. There should be no page numbers in the TOC.
  3. Go to any location in the book (reflowable ebooks only).
    • Font size: Change the font size in the Kindle menu; the book font should change accordingly. Regular text should not be bold or italicized, and its alignment should not be forced.
    • Typeface: Change the typeface in the Kindle menu; the book font should change accordingly. If you have designed your book to use only a specific font file, please make sure that you have followed guidelines in section 3.1.9 Text Guideline Rebuild #9: Customizing Font Selection . Not following these guidelines could lead to the Kindle settings reverting to the customer's preferred reading font.
  4. Go back to the first page and flip through every page of the book.
    • Images: Images should not be too small. Make sure that all text in images is legible. Large pictures should be scaled to fit the page and display in their entirety on one screen.
    • Tables: Tables should appear correctly. Make sure that all text in tables is legible.
    • Page numbers: There should not be any references to page numbers in the book, including in the cross-references, TOC, and index.
    • Material only included with physical book: There should not be any references to material (such as a CD or DVD) that is only included with the physical book.
    • Background settings (reflowable ebooks only): On a Kindle tablet device or Previewer, confirm that your text is legible in all background color modes (white, black, and sepia).
    • Magnification (fixed-layout only): Activate popups/panel view and check that all text content and/or panels have corresponding magnification, no content is overflowing the edge of the screen, and magnified reading order is correct.

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