Kindle Previewer

Kindle Previewer is a graphical user interface tool that emulates how books display across Kindle devices and apps. Kindle Previewer makes it easy for publishers to preview the layout of a book and make sure its text displays properly for any orientation or font size to ensure publishers produce and submit the highest quality Kindle books.

As a best practice we recommend you use the Kindle Previewer to review how their books look across all Kindle devices and apps.

Highlights of Kindle Previewer functionality

Ability to preview your content across Kindle devices and apps

Support for previewing Kindle Text Pop Ups and Kindle Panel Views

Accurate rendering of your content across Kindle devices and apps

Faster previewing through features like Auto flip mode, Image flip mode

Auto updates for future enhancements

System Requirements

Windows XP, Vista or 7

Intel Mac OSX 10.6 or later

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What file formats can the Kindle Previewer accept?

A: Kindle Previewer can display and validate books in the Mobi and KF8 formats. It also accepts an EPUB source and auto-converts it for preview.

Q: What devices and applications can I validate on the Kindle Previewer?

A: Kindle Previewer lets you validate the content formatting for Kindle books created for the Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle (e-Ink), Kindle DX, Kindle for iPhone and Kindle for iPad.

Q: Will the file created using Kindle Previewer work on all Kindle devices and apps?

A: Yes. The files created using Kindle Previewer will continue to work on all Kindle devices and apps.

Q: How do I install and launch Kindle Previewer?

A: Information on how to install and launch Kindle Previewer is in the Kindle Previewer documentation.

Q: What previewing features does the Kindle Previewer support?

A: Kindle Previewer supports a number of features like auto flip, image flip, etc. A list of Kindle Previewer features is included in the Kindle Previewer documentation.

Q: How do I preview how my books look in KF8?

A: Kindle Fire is the first Kindle device to support KF8. Please select the Kindle Fire option in the “Devices” within Kindle Previewer to validate KF8 books.

Q: Why do I get an X11 install prompt when I try to preview a book in Kindle Paperwhite mode on Mac OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion)?

A: X11 is a pre-requisite to preview in Kindle Paperwhite mode on a Mac OSX system. You will see a prompt to install X11( if it’s not installed) on Kindle Paperwhite mode. X11 is needed only for Kindle Paperwhite mode and is not required for other device modes.

Q: Kindle Previewer application fails to launch in my Windows 7/Vista 32 bit machine, how to get Kindle Previewer working?

A: Set the compatibility mode for Kindle Previewer to Windows XP SP3 so that it launches correctly. To set the compatibility mode, please locate the Kindle Previewer shortcut in your Start Menu. Right click on it and click on Properties. In the Compatibility tab, click on the checkbox labeled "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)" from the drop down list.

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