Jonathon Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Hi Larry and others, Thanks for the new update. I ahve a question/problem. I wanted to put it here for other people to see as it could just be me. I have an iPad3 and have downloaded the Yii Book, every time a new release comes out it says open in ibook or kindle and i do and it just downloads another copy of the book. So currently, I have the first part in a book in kindle, a second book with the extra chapter and now a third copy of the Yii book. Am i doing something wrong here (clearly). I've never had anything Apple before so it could be me. Any help would be great Thanks Jonathon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Sorry for the confusion. Could you clarify: are you downloading the mobi version or the epub version? Also, which application do you prefer to use: Kindle or iBooks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathon Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Hi Larry, I download the mobi version. My notes are on the kindle app, from memory there was a problem ibooks itself when the book was first released so i just stuck with Kindle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I tend to think of MOBI as being the Kindle format and iBooks using epub. There was a problem with the first ePub version and iBooks, but that's been resolved. As for what you're seeing, it's not because of Apple, it's because of Kindle and me. In short, I'm not sure why Kindle is handling it this way and I'll need to do more research to figure that out. On the Kindle app on my Mac, the first update replaced the original file and the notes transferred. With the latest update, there are now two copies of the book in my Kindle library for some reason. I'll see if I can't get this resolved in January and I apologize for the inconvenience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathon Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 Hi Larry, I've been using the Kindle version (MOBI) that's where all my notes are. I tried the epub version for iBooks and had the same problem though. It's not a huge issue for me, I can always write my notes up again once the whole thing is finished. I was mainly hoping it was an issue with me and my lack of Apple OS. Thanks again Jonathon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Thanks for your patience and for providing me with feedback. I'm still figuring out some of this myself. The first time I updated the book using MOBI on the Kindle app, it replaced the version and retained my notes. The second time, it created a new version. Not sure what that's about. I hadn't thoroughly thought through this possible issues with my "publish as I write it" plan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathon Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 That's no problem Larry. It would be nice obviously if at least 1 format allowed me to just update the book. However if it can't be fixed or takes some time isolating the problem it takes some time. It was just to let you and others know my experience incase it was an error on my part. Thanks and Happy New Year Jonathon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Not an error on your part, Jonathon. I'll see what I can figure out this month. I'll make it a priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathon Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Thanks Larry, very kind of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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