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davidfor · 03-27-2013, 11:19 PM

When I fix books like this, I use Sigil. That allows me to see the epub and do search and replace across all files in it. For a book like this that probably an OCRed scan, that means I can fix the repeated mistakes easily. It also has a spelling checker, and you can add words or names to the list to ignore.

I use Tweak books in calibre for simple things. Mainly to edit the stylesheet or a single spelling mistake. Don't forget to press the "Rebuild" button. I've hit the cancel button or escape key a few times without thinking and wondered where the changes went.

Having the <p> tags start in a new line won't add spaces. From what I can see, the extra spaces are between the <p> and </p>. There are a lot wrapping the quotes and other punctuation. I know the first change I would be would be a global change of

Code:

<p> "

to

Code:

<p>"

And similar for quotes at the end of the paragraph. Fixing the broken paragraphs is a bit harder. Generally I only pick them up as I read. But, Sigil does have a saved search that can help. From memory, it looks for any end paragraph tags that have letter immediately before it.

The "<div class="newpage" id="page-405"/>" have probably been put there by the person who created the file to map back to the original book. The desktop ADE didn't seem to use them. As there isn't a definition of the "newpage" class, I don't think it will do anything. I have seen a similar thing in other books but they used an anchor tag.

Just remembered: I looked in the MR library for a copy of this. There is only a German version. Unless you are trying to match a paper copy you have, it might be useful to look at it to get ideas of the styles used and in to compare the punctuation.

03-27-2013, 11:19 PM	#3
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	When I fix books like this, I use Sigil. That allows me to see the epub and do search and replace across all files in it. For a book like this that probably an OCRed scan, that means I can fix the repeated mistakes easily. It also has a spelling checker, and you can add words or names to the list to ignore. I use Tweak books in calibre for simple things. Mainly to edit the stylesheet or a single spelling mistake. Don't forget to press the "Rebuild" button. I've hit the cancel button or escape key a few times without thinking and wondered where the changes went. Having the <p> tags start in a new line won't add spaces. From what I can see, the extra spaces are between the <p> and </p>. There are a lot wrapping the quotes and other punctuation. I know the first change I would be would be a global change of Code: <p> " to Code: <p>" And similar for quotes at the end of the paragraph. Fixing the broken paragraphs is a bit harder. Generally I only pick them up as I read. But, Sigil does have a saved search that can help. From memory, it looks for any end paragraph tags that have letter immediately before it. The "<div class="newpage" id="page-405"/>" have probably been put there by the person who created the file to map back to the original book. The desktop ADE didn't seem to use them. As there isn't a definition of the "newpage" class, I don't think it will do anything. I have seen a similar thing in other books but they used an anchor tag. Just remembered: I looked in the MR library for a copy of this. There is only a German version. Unless you are trying to match a paper copy you have, it might be useful to look at it to get ideas of the styles used and in to compare the punctuation. Last edited by davidfor; 03-27-2013 at 11:36 PM. Reason: Accidently hot the submit button.