#Official kindle previewer install

However, you might later install Kindle for PC which takes over the. Otherwise, when you press Launch, you would get a choice of 'Default' and 'Kindle Previewer' which both do the same thing. mobi files in Windows, Jutoh will disable its Kindle Previewer command. If Kindle Previewer is already the default association for. Jutoh will then add a Kindle Previewer command to the list of commands that Jutoh uses when you click on the Launch button.

#Official kindle previewer download

Jutoh will attempt to download Kindle Previewer - it's quite a large download - and install it. In Preferences/Helpers, click Help Me Install Kindle Previewer. It's easier to get Jutoh to download and install it because it saves you the configuration step (Windows only). You can get Kindle Previewer from Amazon, but Installing and configuring Kindle Previewer If Jutoh told you that Kindlegen could not be found, check that you didn't delete or move the original installation folder,Īnd choose the correct location of the kindlegen.exe file in Preferences/Helpers. To test out the ability to create Kindle files, open the Lena sample from Browse Samples on the Help menu (or open your own project), select the Kindle configuration in the Control Panel, and press Compile. Select Use Kindlegen from Kindle Previewer 3 and then click Install. If you have Kindle Previewer 3 installed, you can tell Jutoh to use the Kindlegen that is bundled with KP3. (You can also see this button in the Setup Wizard if Jutoh has not automatically configured itself for Kindlegen and Previewer.) This will show the Kindle File Creation Preferences dialog. To configure Kindlegen manually, click on Options in the toolbar to get to the Preferencesĭialog then click on Helpers in the list on the left, and scroll down until you see the button Help Me Install Kindlegen. These Epubs can be uploaded to Amazon KDP. There is no Kindle Previewer for Linux, so Linux users can tell Jutoh to create Kindle-optimized Epubs, and Kindle configurations can then be used as normal. However, a version of Kindlegen is bundled with Kindle Previewer. If this doesn't happen, read on.Īs of August 2020, Amazon no longer makes Kindlegen available for separate download. Installing and configuring Kindlegenįirst, try choosing a Kindle configuration and compiling - Jutoh may be able to find Kindlegen on its own and configure itself, if you have Kindle Previewer 3 installed. On the other hand, Kindle Previewer can be run standalone as well as from Jutoh. Kindlegen is a utility that you don't normally run standalone - it's something Jutoh must run. Jutoh can be configured to make use of both of these utilities from Amazon. epub files, so you can see what they will look like on various devices. Kindle Previewer is an application to view.Kindlegen is a utility to help Jutoh (and other applications) generate.What are they?įirst, what are these utilities? It's important to be clear about their different roles: Of other operating systems can refer to the Configuring Jutoh appendix in the Jutoh book. For now this page is for Windows users - users

#Official kindle previewer manual

This explanation augments the guide in the manual and book, since users can have trouble with installingĪnd configuring these applications, especially on Windows. Installing Kindlegen and Kindle Previewer