User`s guide

Publishing on Kindle: Guidelines for Publishers
o Alternatively, view the instructions by typing the command cd
~/Downloads/KindleGen_Mac_i386_v2 in Terminal and then typing the command
kindlegen.
Conversion Example:
1. To convert a file called book.html, copy book.html to the desktop.
2. In the Finder window, locate the kindlegen program. Click and drag it to the Terminal
window, and drop it where the cursor is. The cursor inserts the path automatically and moves
to the end of that line.
3. In the Finder window, locate the document. Click and drag it to the Terminal window, and
drop it where the cursor is. The cursor writes in the path and moves to the end of the line.
Press Enter. If the conversion was successful, a new file called book.mobi displays on the
desktop.
o Alternatively, convert the file by typing the command cd
~/Downloads/KindleGen_Mac_i386_v2 in Terminal and then typing the command
kindlegen ~/Desktop/book.html. If the conversion was successful, a new file called
book.mobi displays on the desktop.
2.2.2.3 Using KindleGen
To convert an EPUB or HTML book to the Kindle Format 8, use KindleGen version 2 or higher as
described below:
C:> kindlegen filename.opf/.htm/.html/.epub [-c0 or -c1 or c2] [-verbose] [-western]
[-o <file name>]
Options:
-c0: no compression
-c1: standard DOC compression
-c2: Kindle huffdic compression (recommended for large, text-heavy files)
-o <file name>: Specifies the output file name. Output file will be created in the
same directory as that of input file. <file name> should not contain directory path.
-verbose: provides more information during ebook conversion
-western: force build of Windows-1252 book
-releasenotes: display release notes
-gif: images are converted to GIF format (no JPEG in the book)
-locale <locale option>: To display messages in the selected language.
en: English
de: German
fr: French
it: Italian
es: Spanish
ch: Chinese
ja: Japanese
bp: Brazilian Portuguese
nl: Dutch
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