Kindle! Everyone wants their book on Kindle. And, everyone wants it to look gorgeous. As covered in previous posts (here for cover images, getting Kindlegen to recognize the cover image, and an introduction to the all-important OPF file), the key these days is a rather unruly piece of software called Kindlegen, which you can download from Amazon KDP for free.
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As I’ve been exploring how to use Kindlegen to prepare my new fantasy novel, The Unexpected Traveler, for upload to Kindle, I made a couple posts (see here, here, and here) about the Kindlegen experience. Reader Ellie O. sent me a great tip.
Copy. Then go to your working directory, click in the white space, and right-click again. Select Paste.Open command window here. Click (normal click) on this option. A command window (DOS window) opens right there, already pointed at your working directory, so you only have to type kindlegen myhtmlfile.html into the command window to invoke it.That may sound a titch complicated, but actually it’s easier than the convoluted Amazon instructions. Give it a try! And thanks to Ellie O.!
(BTW, I’ve discovered that in Windows 7, this works only if you’ve navigated directly to your working directory. Getting to your working directory via a Library seems to keep this trick from working.)
I continue to have trouble with Skybeam, my Internet Service Provider. I called again today and was given the same status that I’ve been given for a month: it’s been assigned to someone who is actively working it. Really?
As nicely as I could, I told the tech support person that words like “astounded they can’t fix this problem in a month” and “incompetent” come to mind.
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After three months, all the ham radio training videos are in place! What a marathon! But it’s done, and you can benefit from the results by clicking here.
Here’s the capstone video in the Technician class license video introduction series. In this video I tell you how to prepare for your examination. It includes specific logistics items such as the identification you need to bring, how to pay, whether you can use a calculator, and lots of other specifics.
After you’ve reviewed the material, you may return to the list of lessons by clicking here. Returning to the list of lessons will give you a link to use to find where and when the most convenient ham radio examinations will be held. Remember that for most exam sessions, you must call in advance for an appointment. If walk-ins are okay, the listing should say so. When in doubt, call ahead!
You’ve just completed a huge project! And now you’re ready to become a licensed operator. But getting that license is not the culmination of your journey—on the contrary it’s only the beginning!
Here’s your video introduction to an incredibly important topic, Lesson 9.3, Mechanical Safety. Pay heed to the material in the video and in the book!
You may return to the list of lessons by clicking here. BTW, the backdrop is an old trestle for the Rio Grand Southern not far from the eastern end of Trout Lake, south of Telluride, Colorado. The Galloping Goose used this trestle.
Here’s your video introduction to important safety information in Lesson 9.2, RF Exposure, in the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual for the Technician class license.
You may return to the list of lessons by clicking here. BTW the backdrop picture was taken on Montrose County Road 90 on July 4th, just east of where the road exits Uncompahgre National Forest.
Here’s your video introduction to a very important lesson in the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual for the Technician class license. It’s Lesson 9.1, on Electrical Safety. Pay heed to the material in the book! Your life may depend on it.
You may return to the list of lessons by clicking here. BTW, the backdrop is a photo I took from inside Deep Canyon, off Rim Road in Montrose County, Colorado.
Here’s your video introduction to Lesson 8.6, Prohibited Transmissions, in the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual for the Technician class license.
After you’ve finished, you can click here to return to the list of lessons. BTW, the backdrop is a picture I took from the West Fork of the Cimarron River.
Here’s your video introduction to Lesson 8.5, Remote and Automatic Operation, in the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual for the Technician class license.
After finishing, click here to return to the list of lessons. BTW, the backdrop is a picture I took from Brown Mountain looking south toward Red Mountain No. 1.
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