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( I should start a side service of testing Kindle files…)Īlso, something bizarre is happening with the ToCs and Kindles. Everything else, take with a hefty grain of salt. What it does do is render images faithfully and its navigation guide is reliable. I have seen files that display perfectly in the previewer that turned out to be badly broken on the actual devices, and I have seen files that appear to have thoroughly blown formatting that actually render perfectly on the actual devices. It seems to be specific to the Paperwhite.įirst a word for our good friends at Amazon: The Kindle Previewer is one of the most deceptive programs on the internet. The TOC seemed fine to me in the Kindle Previewer.Īlso, BTW, the line spacing issue you identified, very visible in the Paperwhite, is not visible at all using the Fire emulator in Kindle Previewer.
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How can I get the device to recognize the TOC (something about an NCX or OPF file? And how do I update those files?) I hate the feel of multiplying tools just to get the line spacing better.īTW, you commented that I had some problem with my TOC in my submission, but I don’t know what you mean. Now I was aware of the existence of this issue, more or less, but Calibre doing it properly meant I didn’t have to deal with it directly.
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When I insert a full TOC (as I do in my HTML file that goes to EPUB), it treats it properly from a link perspective, but the device doesn’t recognize it as a TOC. Alas, when Calibre generates a MOBI output it creates the TOC from scratch for the file, and you don’t supply one going in (in HTML). The line spacing issue is addressed as you recommended. I don’t have a Kindle device, so I’m using Kindle Previewer and the Paperwhite device. Jaye, I just did a comparison myself of the MOBI file generated by Calibre (the one you commented on in your “contest”) and a version produced by Kindlegen, which I just tried for the first time. Trust but verify and test your files on an actual device if you can. A warning about the Kindle Previewer–what you see is not always what you get. If you have an EPUB or html file, you can use the Kindle Previewer (converts with KindleGen). If you have a simply formatted file, it will generate a prc file you can upload to Amazon and it will work. If you are converting a Word or html file, use MobiPocket Creator. When I’m irked, that author/publisher ends up on my Don’t Bother list. When I try to read an ebook that I can’t adjust for my comfort, I get irked. With the Kindle I can change the font, adjust the font size and change the line spacing for optimal comfort.
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My eyes are old, plus I spend all day in front of a computer. Why is it a problem? Because for many readers, myself included, Kindles (and other ereaders) make reading comfortable again. Why does Calibre do this? I have no idea. Squishy lines.Ĭould Amazon be taking care of the problem? I downloaded samples from the contest entries. I took that Calibre-generated file and ran it through KindleGen. I ran a file I had made specifically for Kindle through Calibre. So maybe the problem lies in the subtle differences between the html coding for EPUB and MOBI. In the recent ebook formatting contest, I saw squishy line spacing in every single ebook that had been converted via Calibre. Same page, same settings, same device (Kindle Paperwhite). I then took the exact same file and converted it with KindleGen via the Kindle Previewer. I converted an EPUB file to a MOBI file with Calibre. I assumed it was user error, a problem with the source file and/or the html, and if the formatter did a really good job with the initial file, Calibre wouldn’t muck it up. Having seen some horrendously broken ebooks that had been converted through Calibre, I have long suspected that Calibre was the wrong tool for the job. What it’s not good for? Converting EPUB files into MOBI files for commercial purposes. Since I don’t have a device capable of reading EPUB files, it’s also useful for checking the formatting on files I create for others. It’s quick, it’s handy, and it has an attractive screen display that I far prefer over Adobe Digital Editions or the Kindle Previewer. It’s not a quick fix (or magical), but it’s not difficult either.ĭon’t get me wrong. Part 1 (Styling in Word), Part 2 (the HTML file) and Part 3 (Conversion in Calibre).
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I found a fix and I wrote a series of posts about it.
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Considering the vast number of hits this blog post is generating, I knew there was a call for information about how to convert a Word file to MOBI in Calibre. UPDATE 010314: I wrote this article before I did any real research into Calibre.