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Title: Just venting about the dang KDP previewer
Post by: notthatamanda on March 30, 2021, 02:18:56 AM

I switched to Firefox because it kept crashing in Edge and it is still crashing.  :HB

Title: Re: Just venting about the dang KDP previewer
Post by: Eric Thomson on March 30, 2021, 02:35:17 AM

The entire Amazon website ecology has grown so complex, and more than a bit haphazardly, that it's living proof of Scotty's famous dictum.

Title: Re: Just venting about the dang KDP previewer
Post by: R. C. on March 30, 2021, 03:17:26 AM

I found Chrome and patience work best.  I wait for the loading to say "process complete'  for both the cover and the content before I invoke the previewer.  Then I check the news, re-read what I wrote recently, or spend time in contemplation. However long it takes, check the tab occasionally until the previewer appears. I wait and it no longer crashes.

Cheers,
R.C.

Title: Re: Just venting about the dang KDP previewer
Post by: notthatamanda on March 30, 2021, 03:33:08 AM

I got through it but if I find another error in that file before the release there's going to be some heavy drinking.

Title: Re: Just venting about the dang KDP previewer
Post by: idontknowyet on April 04, 2021, 01:03:54 PM

I have never had it crash. Tend to wait a really long time before viewing. I'll do something else and comeback to it. I use Microsoft edge.

Title: Re: Just venting about the dang KDP previewer
Post by: VanessaC on April 06, 2021, 12:12:11 AM

Ah, technology. I feel your pain.

I have a Kindle Previewer downloaded onto my laptop and check my files there before I upload to Amazon - could that be an option for you?

It gets updated from time to time, so I think this is still supported by KDP.

Title: Re: Just venting about the dang KDP previewer
Post by: R. C. on April 06, 2021, 12:32:38 AM

Quote from: VanessaC on April 06, 2021, 12:12:11 AM

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I have a Kindle Previewer downloaded onto my laptop...
...

I have been doing this writing/publishing thing part-time for five years and full-time for a year. Today I learned there is a Kindle Previewer app.

Everyday is something new!

Cheers,
R.C.

Title: Re: Just venting about the dang KDP previewer
Post by: notthatamanda on April 06, 2021, 01:06:34 AM

Quote from: VanessaC on April 06, 2021, 12:12:11 AM

Ah, technology. I feel your pain.

I have a Kindle Previewer downloaded onto my laptop and check my files there before I upload to Amazon - could that be an option for you?

It gets updated from time to time, so I think this is still supported by KDP.

Thanks. I'll think about it. I actually did another file end of last week in Edge and it worked okay. I'm not sure my poor little laptop can take anymore stress. I was just stunned because usually Firefox is fine. Of course Firefox wants me to install the update so...