Greetings to Jeff:

Well I may have ordered my DX too soon. In reading several posts I have discovered that ‘bookmarks’ are supported while ‘hyperlinks’ within the same document in a native PDF are not. Why is that?

The reason I’m asking is because I have written an E-book especially for the Kindle. On the Amazon DTP website I have uploaded probably a hundred or more versions of my book then to be viewed as a HTML download once DTP has ‘converted’ my file. In each and every case the book I created has come back so altered from my original it was not worth publishing. Of course as you probably already know there is no tech support from Amazon on any up to date publishing process explanations or fixes to the absurd problems I have encountered in dealing with DTP.

After doing this ‘routine’ many, many times I discovered that uploading a .PDF file seemed to work the best. As a writer I am looking for a publishing format that will also accept internal hyperlinks within the text of the books that I want to publish.

My book is over 250 pages and contains over 35 detailed photos and illustrations. In addition the book was created to have its own TOC without the use of any additional software from Amazon to implement.

I am now quite concerned about my decision to buy the DX if I cannot use hyperlinks as well as bookmarks while creating ‘native’ PDF’s of my book for publication. For your information the way I use these two features is as a ‘toggle’ between the text references in the read, as a hyperlink, and the bookmark in the ‘book marked’ reference section at the end of each chapter. It is critical to e-book writing that this occur as it speeds up the learning process and integrates all reference material to the exact place required for understanding the read.

In reading the posts here at Amazon I have discovered that the DX supports bookmarks but not hyperlinks. My book is very technical and has extensive references at the end of each chapter, which requires access while reading the chapter that pertains to the content for that specific area of the book. In addition, this material is very time sensitive and requires updating at least once every 4 months.

I now have further reservations about keeping the DX once I get it. I have also recommended to the superintendent of USD 308 to order quite a number of the DX model based on what I ‘thought’ was to be complete support for the ‘native’ PDF format. I fear now we are all going to be disappointed. This may result in the loss of over one hundred orders for the DX if these problems aren’t addressed immediately by Kindle DX support.

In closing I have researched the latest Sony e-reader and as I understand it Sony will support standard e-book software. I know they are now currently entertaining the expansion of their e-reader to authors who want to write e-books with no hassle.

Then we are not left in the lurch as e-book publishers. Sooner or later someone who chooses to create an open platform e-reader that will support all aspects of the ‘native’ PDF file system will capture the market much like Gates captured most all operating system markets for the PC twenty years ago.

We then may all order e-books from Amazon that won’t read on the Kindle but perhaps all other e-books that want to adhere to a standard all of us can live with.

Frank Terrill – - fterrill@gmail.com

PS. I would be happy to send you the latest iteration of my e-book entitled: “The Scale of Man – Time Bombs of Reality in the Hall of Mirrors”. All the hyperlinks and bookmarks in this native PDF work perfectly.

You see Jeff I only want to publish e-books. Everything else is just too slow for this fast moving world we live in. How else are we going to stay relevant?