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> I'm somewhat curious why this spam hasn't been downvoted into oblivion.

Because I'm a long-time member of this community who has a bootstrapped company dealing with Kindle formatting, and because it was appropriate to this thread? People were complaining about the book's formatting.

Honestly, people on this site aren't the target market in any case, as anyone with a bit of tech skills can likely create the correct HTML and XML files, but you never know.

Actual spammers tend to repeat the same thing over and over, as well. I rarely mention LW in my comments here.

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Then we are happy to support you - but, could I point out I had to read this defence before I knew that - maybe when plugging your own work in context its worth pointing that out.

David, I suspect many HNers are like me - interested in reading the book, no Kindle. I tried the "Cloud reader" but am stuck giving amazon a valid serial number of the Kindle I don't own.

so, is Google right in telling me you cannot use cloud reader without at least one Kindle purchase? (Have not dared brave the Amazon tech support line)

edit - about third rewrite - cannot make the thing about "please say you are bootstrapping HNer" sound anything other than snarky - apologies.

I do not own a Kindle and the Cloud Reader works fine for me. I've never had it ask for a serial # or anything like that.

Perhaps this is a requirement for new accounts?

No, I created a new account about two weeks ago and it never asked me for a serial #. I can use both the Cloud Reader and the desktop KindleReader application without problems.

As edw519 pointed out, I didn't do my research before making that flip comment. I didn't mean any offense by it and I apologize.

I am a LW customer and their work is high quality. They formatted my ebook for Kindle and it was extremely painless for a good price.

Disclaimer: I have no skin in the LW game. They're a good service. I would recommend them to anyone who is publishing to Kindle. Saves hours of time and costs very little to use.

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