Amazon Guidelines

Publishing on Kindle: Guidelines for Publishers
8.4.2 Using the display:none Property with SVG Images
The SVG image format is supported in KF8, but not in Mobi 7. With the display:none property, you can
use an SVG image for the KF8 content and a JPEG image for the Mobi 7 content, as shown in the
example below.
Example:
.defaultcontent
{ display: block; }
.mobicontent
{ display: none; }
@media amzn-mobi
{
.defaultcontent
{ display: none; }
}
.mobicontent
{ display: block; }
8.4.3 Limitation on Using the display:none Property
Kindle limits usage of the display:none property for content blocks beyond 10000 characters. If the
display:none property is applied to a content block that is bigger than 10000 characters, Kindlegen
returns an error.
9 Kindle Best Practices
9.1 Testing Kindle Books
There are three ways to test your Kindle book before adding it to the Kindle store:
1. Use the Kindle Previewer. You can test your EPUB file using the Kindle Previewer software,
available for both Windows and Mac OS X. The Kindle Previewer allows you to select views that
represent the different devices including Kindle, Kindle Fire, Kindle for PC, and Kindle for IOS.
The Kindle Fire device view displays the content in Kindle Format 8. For installation instructions,
see section 2.2.3, Kindle Previewer Software.
2. Use Kindle devices and Kindle applications. You can test Mobi 7 content on a Kindle e Ink
device and on Kindle applications for PC/Mac/Android. You can text KF8 content on a Kindle Fire.
3. Use KDP. The Kindle Direct Publishing Platform accepts a variety of book formats and provides
preview capability on the website. To learn more or sign up, visit http://kdp.amazon.com.
Once you can read your book, use this checklist to confirm that your Kindle book does not contain blatant
errors. (For a finer level of quality assurance, check against the complete formatting guidelines in section
3, General Formatting Guidelines):
1. Open the book for the first time or go to the cover page.
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