5.6.1 Requirement #1: Pairing Pages When Orientation-Lock Equals None. Amazon Kindle

Landscape mode:

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Vertical-lr and Horizontal-lr

Horizontal-rl and Vertical-rl

5.6.1 Requirement #1: Pairing Pages When Orientation-Lock Equals None

If orientation is not locked, content should be designed for both portrait and landscape mode. Also, every page is expected to have a defined definitive pair to support landscape orientation. In portrait orientation, the pairs are ignored.

All single pages should be tagged with the properties facing-page-left or facing-page-right. In this case, the renderer will add the spine while stitching two pages together.

Example:

The following example shows a double-page spread with visual separator in landscape mode.

<spine>

<itemref idref="page1" properties="facing-page-left"/>

<itemref idref="page2" properties="facing-page-right"/>

</spine>

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Double-page spreads should be tagged with the properties page-spread-left or page-spreadright

. Every left page should have a right page associated and vice-versa. In this case, the renderer will not add the spine while stitching two pages together.

Example:

The following example shows a double-page spread without visual separator in landscape mode.

<spine>

<itemref idref="page1" properties="page-spread-left"/>

<itemref idref="page2" properties="page-spread-right"/>

</spine>

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In portrait mode, the two pages will be rendered separately as shown below:

If none of the properties are specified, Kindle assumes facing-page-left and facing-page-right for alternate pages based on the book’s writing mode.

The following example assumes primary-writing-mode equals horizontal-lr or vertical-lr.

Example:

<spine>

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-->

<itemref idref=

"page1" /> <!—assumed to be properties="facing-page-left"

-->

<itemref idref=

"page2" /> <!—assumed to be properties="facing-page-right"

<itemref idref=

"page3" properties="page-spread-left"/> <!—double page spread’s left viewport -->

<itemref idref=

"page4" properties="page-spread-right"/> <!—double page spread’s right viewport -->

</spine>

The following example assumes primary-writing-mode equals horizontal-rl or vertical-rl.

Example:

<spine>

-->

<itemref idref=

"page1" /> <!—assumed to be properties="facing-page-right"

-->

<itemref idref=

"page2" /> <!—assumed to be properties="facing-page-left"

<itemref idref=

"page3" properties="page-spread-right"/> <!—double page spread’s right viewport -->

<itemref idref=

"page4" properties="page-spread-left"/> <!—double page spread’s left viewport -->

</spine>

In cases where a left page does not have an equivalent right page (or vice-versa), the publisher should insert a blank HTML page and add the property layout-blank to the page, unless it is the last page.

Optionally, the blank page can include the book title and watermark by design.

Pages with the layout-blank property are only rendered in landscape mode and are ignored in portrait mode.

In some cases, the publisher may wish to insert a blank page that always renders in both portrait and landscape modes. In this instance, do not use the layout-blank property. Use the same facing (or double-page spread) rules as noted above and reference an image file that contains a “blank” jpeg.

The following example assumes primary-writing-mode equals horizontal-lr or vertical-lr.

Example:

<spine>

-->

<itemref idref=

"page1" /> <!—assumed to be properties="facing-page-left"

<itemref idref=

"blank-page" properties="layout-blank"/> <!—assumed to be properties=

"facing-page-right". Ignored in portrait mode. -->

<itemref idref=

"page2" properties="page-spread-left"/> <!—double page spread’s left viewport -->

<itemref idref=

"page3" properties="page-spread-right"/> <!—double page spread’s right viewport -->

</spine>

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