At the time of writing, the iOS Amazon Kindle app for the Apple iPad and iPhone is inferior to other software and hardware Kindle applications in many ways. Since so many users read Kindle books on these devices you need to be aware of these restrictions and avoid formatting that will result in ugly or incorrect layout on these devices.
Lists only support plain black round bullets and simple numbering
No other bullets will be displayed in lists on the iOS Kindle app and multi-level lists with changing numbering and bullet formats will be displayed as an unpredictable mess. It is best to use only simple bullet lists, and simple numbered lists. Also, numbered lists should not contain more than 9 items, because the indents will look incorrect as soon as the list switches from single to double digits.
Indents are ignored entirely
Indented paragraphs are not possible in Kindle eBooks displayed on the iOS version of the Kindle app. They will simply be ignored by the reader.
Table column widths and vertical alignment are ignored
If you use tables in your Kindle eBook any column widths you set will be ignored. Vertical alignment settings for tables are also ignored. Instead, all alignment is automatically set to middle. The result is that the text in table cells with less text is centered vertically instead of starting at the top or bottom of the cell. There is currently no way to change this.
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