Kindle Once Again - this time for Walk, Hike, Saunter

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 Last time I did this was Dec 2017. At the moment, memory of how to do it is pretty foggy, but luckily I have my earlier blog posts on this to refresh my memory so printing them out to review. (look for Kindle label in this blog to find).  This book is a little easier than the others - text and inline photos, a table of contents, but no index. Susan has promised it will be out in two and a half weeks, so will try to do that. My immediate issue is that I remember that I have to make some changes to the Indesign file before putting out the epub file that I will update for Kindle, but don't remember quite what they were. Pausing to read my prior posts, and to review Kindle code for Healing Miles . From my 2012 notes I saw that to get reliable chapter breaks, each chapter had to be a separate xhtml file. The default of Indesign is to put out one big xhtml file, but it will break on a style, so I need to be sure the current Indesign document (for Walk, Hike, Saunter ) has an appropriat

Pocket Critical Mass

I read Malcom Gladwell's Outliers recently, and enjoyed it immensely - went on to read Tipping Point. Now I propose that he write a third book titled "Critical Mass". As an example, I will relate my recent experience with "Pocket Critical Mass". You see on the right, my left pocket - car 1 keys, car 2 keys, comb, and handkerchief. Also, my spare battery and memory card case that I have started carrying since I began carrying the camera around.

The right pocket is simpler - billfold and phone.

The problem came as I recently added the battery & card case to my left pocket. Before that, there was no problem. I would reach in my pocket, grab the required item. Now the simple act of reaching for my car keys has Susan giving me the squinty eyed look as a fumble around for the right set of keys for about five minutes. You men I am sure, all know the meaning of the squinty eyed look.  That one simple object added to my pocket caused it to exceed critical retrieval mass, dooming location of the right set of keys on the first try.

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