Heading tags (page 67) Division or section (page 59) Paragraph (page 48) Long quote Creates left margin of 0.5 inches (page 59) Line break (page 58) Centers content horizontally (page 55) Numbered list Use
tags inside (page 63) Bulleted list Use
tags inside (page 63) List item (page 63) Common Attributes in HTML Tags class name width height style align Allows you to set a style in the style sheet to be used in multiple tags Used in tags to assign a bookmark name (page 89) Adjusts the first-line indent of a paragraph, blockquote, heading, and list tags Negative creates a hanging indent Supports pixels (width="30"), points (width="10pt"), percent (width="10%"), or em-units (width="3em") (page 51) Sets a top margin on a paragraph, blockquote, heading, and list tags Supports pixels (height="30"), points (height="10pt"), percent (height="10%"), or em-units (height="3em") (page 68) Allows the inclusion of CSS styles in a specific tag Aligns the text in paragraph, blockquote, heading, and list tags Supports values of left, right, and center Supported CSS Font Property font-size Description Sets the size of a font Values xx-small x-small small medium large x-large xx-large length % font-style Sets the style of the font normal italic oblique font-weight Sets the weight of a font normal bold Positioning Property Description Values vertical-align Sets the vertical alignment of an element sub super Text Property text-align Description Aligns the text in an element Values left right center justify textdecoration Adds decoration to text underline linethrough text-indent Indents the first line of text in an element length % Appendix B Regular Expressions Regular Expressions make eBook development take much less time This list of Regular Expression operators covers what is supported in Notepad++, an easy-to-use open source text editor If you are using a different editor, be sure to check its Help files for information on Regular Expressions it supports Not all editors are the same, but there should be similarities in what operators are supported See page 26 for more information (period) Matches any character This marks a region for tagging a match; the contents inside () can be (…) re-inserted in “replace with” using \1, \2 etc Replace Only: Where n is through 9, referring to the first through ninth tagged region when replacing For example, if the search string \n was Fred([1-9])YYY and the replace string was Sam\1ZZZ, when applied to Fred2XXX this would generate Sam2YYY \< This matches the start of a word \> This matches the end of a word This allows you to use a character x that would otherwise have a \x special meaning For example, \ would be interpreted as an actual period and not “any character.” This indicates a set of characters, for example, [abc] means any of […] the characters a, b or c You can also use ranges, for example [a-z] for any lower case character or [0-9] for any number Anything except the characters in the set For example, [^A-Za-z] [^…] means any character except an alphabetic character This matches the start of a line (unless used inside brackets, see ^ above) $ This matches the end of a line This matches the preceding item or more times For example, Sa*m * matches Sm, Sam, Saam, Saaam, etc.; [a-z]* matches any number of lowercase letters This matches the preceding item or more times For example, Sa+m + matches Sam, Saam, Saaam, etc Appendix C HTML Character Entities Below you will find a list of common Latin-1 characters as well as some of the special symbols that are supported on the Kindle Each character includes the decimal, hexadecimal and/or named HTML entity that should be used when formatting that character in your eBook On page 155 there is a master list of the Unicode character sets supported on the Kindle … ‘ ’ “ ” • · – — ˜ ™ ® † ‡ ¡ ¿ § ¶ ƒ ‰ ° ± × … ‘ ’ “ ” • · – — ˜ ™ ® † ‡ ¡ ¿ § ¶ ƒ ‰ ° ± × … ‘ ã đ Ă Đ ả × ellipses open single quote close single quote close double quotes open double quotes bullet middle dot en dash em dash tilde trademark registered trademark nonbreaking space dagger double dagger inverted exclamation inverted question mark section sign paragraph sign function per mill sign degree sign plus or minus multiplication sign ÷ ¹ ² ³ µ ¢ £ ¥ ¼ ½ ¾ À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò ÷ ¹ ² ³ µ ¢ £ ¥ ¼ ½ ¾ À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò ữ Â Ê Ơ ẳ ẵ ắ ặ ầ ẩ É Ê Ë Ì Í Ỵ Ï Ð Đ Ị division sign superscript one superscript two superscript three micro sign cent sign pound sterling yen sign one-fourth one-half three-fourths uppercase A, grave uppercase A, acute uppercase A, circumflex uppercase A, tilde uppercase A, umlaut uppercase A, ring uppercase AE uppercase C, cedilla uppercase E, grave uppercase E, acute uppercase E, circumflex uppercase E, umlaut uppercase I, grave uppercase I, acute uppercase I, circumflex uppercase I, umlaut uppercase Eth, Icelandic uppercase N, tilde uppercase O, grave Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Œ Š Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Ÿ Þ ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Œ Š Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Ÿ Þ ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í Ĩ Ơ Õ Ư Ø œ Š ĩ í ị ò ỏ õ ó ọ ổ ỗ ố ộ ì í uppercase O, acute uppercase O, circumflex uppercase O, tilde uppercase O, umlaut uppercase O, slash Capital O-E ligature Capital S, caron uppercase U, grave uppercase U, acute uppercase U, circumflex uppercase U, umlaut uppercase Y, acute uppercase Y, dieresis uppercase THORN, Icelandic lowercase sharps, German lowercase a, grave lowercase a, acute lowercase a, circumflex lowercase a, tilde lowercase a, umlaut lowercase a, ring lowercase ae lowercase c, cedilla lowercase e, grave lowercase e, acute lowercase e, circumflex lowercase e, umlaut lowercase i, grave lowercase i, acute î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø œ š ù ú û ü ý ÿ þ î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø œ š ù ú û ü ý ÿ þ ỵ ï ð đ ò ó õ ø œ š ù ú ỷ ỹ ý ỵ lowercase i, circumflex lowercase i, umlaut lowercase eth, Icelandic lowercase n, tilde lowercase o, grave lowercase o, acute lowercase o, circumflex lowercase o, tilde lowercase o, umlaut lowercase o, slash oe ligature lowercase s, caron lowercase u, grave lowercase u, acute lowercase u, circumflex lowercase u, umlaut lowercase y, acute lowercase y, umlaut lowercase thorn, Icelandic Useful Special Symbols ■ □ ▪ ▫ ▲ △ ▶ ▷ ▼ ▽ ▾ ▿ ◂ ◃ ◊ ○ ● ← ↑ → ↓ ↔ ≅ ≈ ≠ ≡ ≤ ≥ ■ □ ▪ ▫ ▲ △ ▶ ▷ ▼ ▽ ▾ ▿ ◂ ◃ ◊ ○ ● ← ↑ → ↓ ↔ ≅ ≈ ≠ ≡ ≤ ≥ ■ □ ▪ ▫ ▲ △ ▶ ▷ ▼ ▽ ▾ ▿ ◂ ◃ ◊ ○ ● ← ↑ → ↓ ↔ ≅ ≈ ≠ ≡ ≤ ≥ Big black square Big white square Small black square Small white square Big black triangle Big white triangle Small black arrow right Small white arrow right Big black arrow down Big white arrow down Small black arrow down Small white arrow down Small black arrow left Small white arrow left Diamond White circle Black circle Left arrow Up arrow Right arrow Down arrow Relation Approximately equal to Asymptotic Not equal to Identical to Less than or equal to Greater than or equal to ⌘ ⏎ ★ ☆ ☺ ☻ ☼ ♀ ♂ ♠ ♣ ♥ ✓ ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♭ ♮ ♯ ⌘ ⏎ ★ ☆ ☺ ☻ ☼ ♀ ♂ ♠ ♣ ♥ ✓ ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♭ ♮ ♯ ⌘ ⏎ ★ ☆ ☺ ☻ ☼ ♀ ♂ ♠ ♣ ♥ ✓ ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♭ ♮ ♯ Command key Return symbol Black star White star White smiling face Black smiling face White sun with rays Female sign Male sign Spade Shamrock Heart Check mark Quarter note Eighth note Beamed eighth note Beamed sixteenth note Flat sign Natural sign Sharp sign Supported Character Sets Below are the Unicode character sets supported on the Kindle For more information about these character sets and what they include, go to http://www.unicode.org/charts/ Basic Latin (U+0020 - U+007F) Latin-1 Supplement (U400A0 - U+00FF) Latin Extended-A (U+0100 - U+017F) Latin Extended-B (U+0180 - U+Q24f) IPA Extensions (U+2050 - U+20AF) Spacing Modifier Letters (U+02B0 - U+02FP) Greek and Coptic (U+0370 - U+03FF) Latin Extended - Additional (U+1E00 - U+1EFF) Greek Extended (U+lF00 - U+IFFF) General Punctuation (U+2000 - U+206F) Superscripts and Subscripts (U+2070 - U+209F) Currency Symbols (U+20A0 - U+20CF) Letterlike Symbols (U+2100 - U+214F) Number Forms (U+2150 - U+218F) Arrows (U+2190 - U+21FF) Mathematical Operators (U+2200 - U+22FF) Miscellaneous Technical (U+2300 - U+23FF) Enclosed Alphanumerics (U+2460 - U+24FF) Geometric Shapes (U+25A0 - U+25FF) Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600 - U+26FF) Dingbats (U+2700 - U+27BF) Private Use (U+E000 - U+F8FF) Alphabetic Presentation Forms (U+FB00 - U+FB4F) Appendix D Links and Contacts This is a compilation of contact information for Amazon, links to informative websites, and helpful tools for your Kindle formatting experience Amazon Contacts and Links DTP technical support: dtp-feedback@amazon.com The Digital Publishing Department: digitalpublications@amazon.com The Digital Rights Group: digitalrights@amazon.com Contact them if you want to make your book available as a free download on the Amazon St The Digital Text Platform (DTP): http://dtp.amazon.com This is the publishing system for Amazon books DTP Forums: http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums These are the official discussion forums for the DTP and Kindle publishing Other Websites, Blogs, and Forums Microsoft Word help: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/stylesms http://editorium.com/ Automated Proofreading with ErrNET: http://www.errnet.net/ I have a contract with ErrNET If you want to use their service at a discount, drop me a Mobipocket Creator Download: http://www.mobipocket.com/dev/ Mobipocket Creator Instructions: http://www.mobipocket.com/dev/article.asp?BaseFolder=creatorpublisher Notepad++: http://notepadplus.sourceforge.net Kindle-specific Websites: http://www.kindleboards.com/ http://ireaderreview.com/ http://kindlereader.blogspot.com/ http://kindlehomepage.blogspot.com/ http://www.blogkindle.com/ eBook and Independent Author Websites: http://www.teleread.org/ http://publetariat.com/ http://www.aprillhamilton.com/iaguides.html Differences between Kindle and Kindle 2: http://kindleformatting.com/blog/2009/02/kindle-2-review-formatting-perspective.php .. .KINDLE FORMATTING The Complete Guide to Formatting Books for the Amazon Kindle by Joshua Tallent eBookArchitects.com KindleFormatting.com Kindle Formatting: The Complete Guide to Formatting Books. .. won’t find anywhere else Formatting Poetry Formatting an Outline Dimensions of the Kindle screen area Links to the built-in Kindle Store Buy-Now links for Kindle books Formatting Sidebars and... 2009, Amazon released an iPhone application that allows Kindle users to read their eBooks on the iPhone, as well The eBooks in the new app are similar in appearance to the Kindle, and the basic formatting