Strange behaviour of text shadow & box shadow with pdfs
Hey, just a rant, and this mightve been mentioned elsewhere, feel free to ignore So basically pdf only has limited support for CSS, and discovered it doesnt like the text-shadow and box-shadow rules,...
View ArticleBooks not appearing on Kindle
Hi, Recently, on my Kindle Paperwhite, when I send books to the device they appear to go to the Kindle (and appear in the documents folder (as mobis)) - but don't actually show up on the Kindle when I...
View ArticleConverting to azw3 when sending to device..
I have some mobis that I can't get to appear on my Kindle (see here). I've changed my preferred output in Preferences - Behaviour - Preferred output format to AZW3. However, when I send my books to the...
View ArticleHow do I reduce line spacing when I have superscripts
My conversion to epub and mobi using Calibre worked ok, except that on every line where I had a superscript (Garamond 9) for an Endnote, the spacing between it and the next line is too large and looks...
View ArticleCalibre + Mathematica
The latest version of Calibre (August 2015) is superb! It makes beautiful ebooks out of doc.x files with flawless tables of contents. I was also pleasantly surprised to learn Calibre can now flow text...
View ArticleConversion problem with page break
Hi, I've converted a PDF to epub and since converting on Calibre have enabled Heuristic processing (to fix a problem with every 2nd or 3rd line of text breaking) and have inserted page breaks in...
View ArticleChapter detection for roman numerals??
Hi, when I convert I would like calibre to detect roman numeral chapters. These chapters don't have the word "chapter" in them, just: I II III IV etc.. I figured something like: [IVXLCDM]+ but I'm not...
View ArticleLeft margin from Epub to mobi or AZW3
Hi, i have converted one my book from epub to MOBI for my kindle paperwhite 3. The problem is that during the conversion, it added a really big left margin. How can i Resolve? i'll add two screenshot,...
View ArticleError in Converting Kindle ebook
Hello everyone, really hope I can fine some help here. Here goes and hopefully I can provide as much detail as possible. I bought a textbook for school in a pdf format from Amazon.ca on my computer....
View ArticleBeen away for a while - more books blocked?
I've been away from Calibre for about a year and am just now getting back to using it to convert books for my Kindle. I've been downloading epub books from my public library and am noticing a huge...
View ArticleError converting EPUB to KEPUB
Hello everybody, First, I apologize if I am making too much english errors in this message, but my native tongue is french and I mainly use english with spanish people... I have rencently bought a Kobo...
View ArticleIs it possible to do a MOBI(new)conv. while maintaining the dictionary...
Hello. I just got my hands on a couple of dictionaries about Politics and Economy. All of them are in MOBI (new) format, and correctly recognized and labelled under the "Dictionaries" folder. When I...
View ArticleStructure Detection - trying to learn
I'm trying to better understand the "Structure Detection" preferences in Calibre conversions. 1. Is the purpose of "Structure Detection" primarily (or entirely) to determine where page breaks are...
View ArticlePage numbers question.
Hi! :) I converted an ebook -> PDF and in (Output Options -> PDF Output) I enabled the "Add page numbers to the bottom of every page" option. So far so good! :) My question is: Is there any way,...
View ArticleMOBI file being saved to disk as EPUB file
For whatever reason, my MOBI-formatted book shows as being a MOBI file, but when I save it to disk, it is being saved as an EPUB file. Can someone please tell me what it is I'm doing wrong? I've been...
View Articleepub)">The problem with character "?" (pdf->epub)
I would be grateful for assistance of advabced User!:help: I try to convert some text from pdf-file to epub-file by means of Calibre. And I want to remove all page headers in epub-file after the...
View ArticleKindle to e-pub
I downloaded two kindle books today from different accounts, ran both through calibre to convert to EPUB. The first went thru with no problem, the second failed on DRM. I have done several before...
View ArticleISBN being changed back to title
Hi We are a very small publisher , so low tech. On a number of occasions converting to mobi means we lose the ISBN number and it goes back to the original title. Its only happened on a couple of...
View Articleconversion from EPUB to MOBI
I have a situation that should be easy to fix. I have an EPUB file that I am converting to a MOBI for Kindle. The EPUB works fine and has the standard TOC at the front of the book. I go and convert the...
View ArticleImages are left justified after conversion - what am I doing wrong?
I created my manuscript in Open Office and saved as an html file. I added this to Calibre. I converted to MOBI. Everything works fine, including hyperlinks etc. Only problem is images. I use a small...
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