Big Changes to Sideloading on Kindle!
Big changes for books delivered by Send to Kindle! Sideloaded books on iPhone will finally display all of Vellum’s advanced formatting features!
Category: News
Send to Kindle Now Accepts EPUB Files
Did you see that Amazon’s Send to Kindle now accepts EPUB files?
Here are some answers to questions you may have.
KDP No Longer Accepts MOBI Files
It’s official. As of August 1, KDP no longer accepts files in the MOBI format. To publish your ebook with KDP, you’ll need to upload Vellum’s Kindle EPUB output.
Changes at KDP: Vellum Has You Covered
Amazon KDP will stop accepting MOBI files later this year. Instead, you’ll need to upload your ebook in the EPUB format. Vellum has you covered.
Amazon Would Prefer an EPUB File
Amazon now recommends providing an EPUB file for publishing instead of a file in their MOBI format. MOBI files are still supported, but may not be for long.
Problems with Kindle for Mac
We’ve seen a number of problems with images in sideloaded books when using the latest version of Kindle for Mac.
Warnings from KindleGen on Mojave
If you’ve updated to macOS Mojave, you’ll likely see a warning the first time you generate for the Kindle platform: Vellum makes use of Amazon’s KindleGen tool to convert ebooks to their proprietary mobi format. When running Mojave, your Mac will warn about this program because it has not been built in a 64-bit format, […]
Announcing Easier Import from Scrivener
We know many Vellum users love using Scrivener to develop their story. We’re excited to share that bringing that story into Vellum just got a lot easier. In Scrivener 3.0.3, you’ll find a new Compile format that, with one click, sets everything up for Vellum: Select the new Vellum Export option in the Compile sheet and […]
Big Improvements to Look Inside
Amazon’s “Look Inside” feature has long provided readers a way to preview the first few pages of eBooks. For authors, though, it’s often been a source of frustration, as Look Inside has never looked much like the eBooks seen by readers. Features like drop caps and ornaments — and all of the other touches that […]
Leaving the Mac App Store
Today we are announcing that we will no longer sell Vellum through the Mac App Store. We will continue to develop the direct version of Vellum, the version that has long offered a better experience for our users. If you downloaded Vellum from the Mac App Store, we recommend migrating to the direct version as […]