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    11 Creating Fixed-Layout Books With Image Pop-Ups or Virtual Panels

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    The document provides guidelines for aligning text and creating fixed-layout books for Kindle publications. It recommends using CSS rather than non-breaking spaces to align text. Fixed-layout books require specific metadata to identify features like original design resolution, orientation, and reading direction. Amazon encourages using Kindle Panel View and Comic Creator to optimize graphic novels for high-resolution reading.

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    Publishing on Kindle: Guidelines for Publishers

    10.6.3 Aligning Text


    By default, text aligns to the upper left corner of the containing HTML element. Many books may have text
    that is right-aligned, bottom-aligned, or justified. The easiest way to identify the alignment is to imagine an
    outline around the text and identify which edges of the paragraph are associated with a margin (top, left,
    right, bottom).

    Never use non-breaking space ( ) characters for text alignment. Instead, use CSS top, right,
    bottom and left to position <div> elements that contain absolutely positioned text. Use two adjacent
    sides to position each <div> element. For example, top and left but never top, left, and bottom. CSS
    text-indent and line-height are useful in aligning text within HTML block elements.

    11 Creating Fixed-Layout Books with Image Pop-Ups or Virtual Panels


    Graphic novels, manga, and comics (hereafter referred to as graphic novels) are the most common fixed-
    layout books with image pop-ups or Virtual Panels. They are similar to books, but present a
    unique challenge because they tend to be longer and have more complex content.

    Graphic novels include a large amount of detail in images that displays on a 1920 x 1200 screen. To
    overcome this and other accessibility concerns, Amazon encourages the use of customized content and
    our Kindle Panel View feature, which optimizes the content for a high-resolution reading experience. For
    more details on Kindle Comic Creator, see section 2.2.3.

    This format supports Enhanced Typesetting, provided that there is no hybrid text in the eBook (see
    section 11.6).

    Important: Nested anchor tags are not supported in fixed-layout books. Fixed-layout books with nested
    anchor tags will be suppressed.

    11.1 Metadata Guidelines


    The OPF file specifies metadata necessary for fixed-layout books. For a demonstration, see the graphic
    novel example at www.amazon.com/kindleformat (under the KindleGen Examples heading in the
    sidebar).

    While similar, the various types of fixed-layout formats have key differences. Unless explicitly stated,
    guidance for fixed layout books with image pop-ups or Virtual Panels should not be applied to any other
    format, such as fixed-layout books with text pop-ups.

    Metadata Description

    Layout can be specified using one of the following Required. Identifies the book as having a fixed
    metadata fields: layout.

    1) <meta Valid values for rendition:layout metadata are


    property="rendition:layout">pre- reflowable or pre-paginated. The default
    paginated</meta> value is reflowable.
    2) <meta name="fixed-layout" Valid values for fixed-layout metadata are
    content="true"/>
    true or false. The default value is false.

    Kindle Publishing Guidelines Amazon.com 49


    Publishing on Kindle: Guidelines for Publishers

    Metadata Description

    <meta name="original-resolution" Required. Identifies the original design resolution of


    content="1024x600"/> the content . The
    pixel dimensions can have any positive integer
    value. These values must be in proportion to the
    overall aspect ratio of the original content.

    Orientation can be specified using one of the Optional (but recommended).


    following metadata fields:
    Valid values for rendition:orientation
    1) <meta metadata are portrait, landscape, or auto.
    property="rendition:orientation">lands Locks the orientation of the book to either portrait or
    cape</meta> landscape. If the value is auto, both portrait and
    landscape modes are supported. The default value
    2) <meta name="orientation-lock"
    is auto.
    content="landscape"/>
    Valid values for orientation-lock metadata are
    Note: This is not currently supported in iOS.
    portrait, landscape or none. Locks the
    orientation of the content to either portrait or
    landscape. If the value is none, both portrait and
    landscape modes are supported. The default value
    is none.

    <meta name="primary-writing-mode" Required for Virtual Panels in manga with right-to-


    content="horizontal-rl"/> left reading order; optional for other fixed-layout
    books. Defines page rendering order, reading
    mode, and reader navigation (including Kindle Text
    Pop-Up, Kindle Panel View, and Kindle Virtual
    Panels). Valid values are horizontal-lr,
    horizontal-rl, vertical-lr, and vertical-
    rl. The default value is horizontal-lr.

    The default behavior is horizontal-lr when the


    page progression direction is left-to-right or not
    specified. Use the value horizontal-rl to set
    the page progression direction to right-to-left.

    Use the value vertical-rl to set a page


    progression direction of right-to-left for Chinese,
    Japanese, and Korean books.

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