When exporting to Kindle, I can only make an e book when I don't select the "Don't allow readers to copy content from this book" in the "enter Kindle options" dialogue box. If I press the option, I get an error message that reads "The kindle document could not be created because KindleGen tool encountered an error." I would like to use this feature. Is there a fix for it?
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Eleni
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Kindle error when exporting
Started by Eleni, Sep 16 2011 12:54 AM
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 01:31 AM
Eleni,
The feature used to work. There is a mismatch between the latest version of Kindlegen and the latest Storyist exporter. I reported it in the beta testers section, because I too like that feature. Only Steve can say when/if the fix will arrive, but if you are encountering it in the release version, then the fault probably lies with Kindlegen, because I definitely used to export Kindle files in 2.3.3 with that option turned on.
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The feature used to work. There is a mismatch between the latest version of Kindlegen and the latest Storyist exporter. I reported it in the beta testers section, because I too like that feature. Only Steve can say when/if the fix will arrive, but if you are encountering it in the release version, then the fault probably lies with Kindlegen, because I definitely used to export Kindle files in 2.3.3 with that option turned on.
Welcome to the forums!
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 01:33 AM
Marguerite, on 16 September 2011 - 01:31 AM, said:
Eleni,
The feature used to work. There is a mismatch between the latest version of Kindlegen and the latest Storyist exporter. I reported it in the beta testers section, because I too like that feature. Only Steve can say when/if the fix will arrive, but if you are encountering it in the release version, then the fault probably lies with Kindlegen, because I definitely used to export Kindle files in 2.3.3 with that option turned on.
Welcome to the forums!
Marguerite
The feature used to work. There is a mismatch between the latest version of Kindlegen and the latest Storyist exporter. I reported it in the beta testers section, because I too like that feature. Only Steve can say when/if the fix will arrive, but if you are encountering it in the release version, then the fault probably lies with Kindlegen, because I definitely used to export Kindle files in 2.3.3 with that option turned on.
Welcome to the forums!
Marguerite
Thanks for the response. Hope it's fixed soon.
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 05:07 PM
You don't mention whether you're using Lion. I had no trouble with Kindle Export under Snow Leopard, but have not been able to use the "don't copy" feature since I switched to Lion. So it could be neither Kindlegen nor Storyist but OSX-related. Anyone else notice this?
Tried to test Kindle export on my Tiger machine, but Kindlegen doesn't seem to run on Tiger....
Best,
M
Tried to test Kindle export on my Tiger machine, but Kindlegen doesn't seem to run on Tiger....
Best,
M
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 06:42 PM
Marguerite, on 16 September 2011 - 05:07 PM, said:
You don't mention whether you're using Lion. I had no trouble with Kindle Export under Snow Leopard, but have not been able to use the "don't copy" feature since I switched to Lion. So it could be neither Kindlegen nor Storyist but OSX-related. Anyone else notice this?
Tried to test Kindle export on my Tiger machine, but Kindlegen doesn't seem to run on Tiger....
Best,
M
Tried to test Kindle export on my Tiger machine, but Kindlegen doesn't seem to run on Tiger....
Best,
M
Then this is becoming more of a mystery; I'm using Snow Leopard (10.6.8). I can make .mobi files, I just can't use the feature that prevents the file content from being copied.
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Posted 19 September 2011 - 12:07 AM
Hi Eleni,
Unfortunately, this isn't a Storyist issue, but a kindlegen issue.
Versions of kindlegen prior to 1.2 supported a "nocopypaste" option. Amazon removed the option in kindlegen 1.2, and the tool now returns an error if you try to use it.
The "fix" is to remove support for the option from Storyist, which the next version of Storyist will do.
-Steve
Eleni, on 16 September 2011 - 06:42 PM, said:
Then this is becoming more of a mystery; I'm using Snow Leopard (10.6.8). I can make .mobi files, I just can't use the feature that prevents the file content from being copied.
Unfortunately, this isn't a Storyist issue, but a kindlegen issue.
Versions of kindlegen prior to 1.2 supported a "nocopypaste" option. Amazon removed the option in kindlegen 1.2, and the tool now returns an error if you try to use it.
The "fix" is to remove support for the option from Storyist, which the next version of Storyist will do.
-Steve
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Posted 19 September 2011 - 01:57 AM
Steve, on 19 September 2011 - 12:07 AM, said:
Hi Eleni,
Unfortunately, this isn't a Storyist issue, but a kindlegen issue.
Versions of kindlegen prior to 1.2 supported a "nocopypaste" option. Amazon removed the option in kindlegen 1.2, and the tool now returns an error if you try to use it.
The "fix" is to remove support for the option from Storyist, which the next version of Storyist will do.
-Steve
Unfortunately, this isn't a Storyist issue, but a kindlegen issue.
Versions of kindlegen prior to 1.2 supported a "nocopypaste" option. Amazon removed the option in kindlegen 1.2, and the tool now returns an error if you try to use it.
The "fix" is to remove support for the option from Storyist, which the next version of Storyist will do.
-Steve
Does this mean we won't be able to export files to Kindle? I hope that's not the case as I do my editing on the there with Speech To Text. It's such a valuable tool.
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Posted 19 September 2011 - 06:16 AM
Eleni, on 19 September 2011 - 01:57 AM, said:
Does this mean we won't be able to export files to Kindle? I hope that's not the case as I do my editing on the there with Speech To Text. It's such a valuable tool.
No! You'll still be able to create Kindle editions. Sorry if I gave the impression that Kindle export was going away.
The kindlegen tool no longer offers the option to prevent copy/paste from the Kindle edition, so the next version of Storyist will no longer present the checkbox when exporting Kindle editions. That's all.
-Steve
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Posted 19 September 2011 - 06:33 AM
Steve, on 19 September 2011 - 06:16 AM, said:
No! You'll still be able to create Kindle editions. Sorry if I gave the impression that Kindle export was going away.
The kindlegen tool no longer offers the option to prevent copy/paste from the Kindle edition, so the next version of Storyist will no longer present the checkbox when exporting Kindle editions. That's all.
-Steve
The kindlegen tool no longer offers the option to prevent copy/paste from the Kindle edition, so the next version of Storyist will no longer present the checkbox when exporting Kindle editions. That's all.
-Steve
Phew! That's a relief:)
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