User`s guide

Publishing on Kindle: Guidelines for Publishers
Metadata
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2) <meta name="fixed-layout" content="true"/>
paginated. The default value is
reflowable.
Valid values for fixed-layout metadata
are true or false. The default value is
false.
<meta name="original-resolution"
content="1024x600"/>
Required. Identifies the original design
resolution of the content (“1024x600” is
only an example). The pixel dimensions
can have any positive integer value. These
values must equal the overall aspect ratio
of the original content.
Orientation can be specified using one of the
following metadata fields:
1) <meta
property="rendition:orientation">landscape</meta>
2) <meta name="orientation-lock"
content="landscape"/>
Optional.
Valid values for
rendition:orientation metadata
are portrait, landscape, or auto.
Locks the orientation of the book to either
portrait or landscape. If the value is auto,
both portrait and landscape modes are
supported. The default value is auto.
Valid values for orientation-lock
metadata are portrait, landscape or
none. Locks the orientation of the content
to either portrait or landscape. If the value
is none, both portrait and landscape
modes are supported. The default value is
none.
<meta name="RegionMagnification" content="true"/>
Optional. Enables Kindle Panel View and
Kindle Text Pop-Up. Valid values are true
or false. The default value is false.
Enabling this feature requires additional
CSS instructions as specified in section
5.4.
<meta name="primary-writing-mode"
content="horizontal-rl"/>
Required for Virtual Panels in Manga with
right-to-left reading order; optional for other
fixed-layout books. Defines page rendering
order, reading mode, and reader navigation
(including Kindle Text Pop-Up, Kindle
Panel View, and Kindle Virtual Panels).
Valid values are horizontal-lr,
horizontal-rl, vertical-lr, and
vertical-rl. The default value is
horizontal-lr.
<itemref idref="page-id" properties="page-spread-
left"/>
Required for Virtual Panels in Comics and
Manga; optional for other fixed-layout
books. Allows publishers to specify page
layouts (double-pages, facing pages) at the
page level and can vary throughout the
book. The page properties should be
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