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DiapDealer · 11-14-2012, 09:47 PM

The problem is that you've not converted the html from your original source (whatever that may be) into any kind of valid mobi markup. It's a MOBI by all external appearances (the binary database structure is valid), but that's about it. Your internal mobi markup frankly looks like straight-up HTML4 -- complete with inline CSS. That'll never fly on any MOBI app/device. Calibre views it because calibre's viewer doesn't really render MOBIs. It extracts the contents of all ebooks into an OEBPS-compliant format for viewing.

Hit up the MOBI WIKI here, and use something like Mobi_Unpack.py to see what the markup looks like inside some valid MOBIs.

11-14-2012, 09:47 PM	#5
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,547 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	The problem is that you've not converted the html from your original source (whatever that may be) into any kind of valid mobi markup. It's a MOBI by all external appearances (the binary database structure is valid), but that's about it. Your internal mobi markup frankly looks like straight-up HTML4 -- complete with inline CSS. That'll never fly on any MOBI app/device. Calibre views it because calibre's viewer doesn't really render MOBIs. It extracts the contents of all ebooks into an OEBPS-compliant format for viewing. Hit up the MOBI WIKI here, and use something like Mobi_Unpack.py to see what the markup looks like inside some valid MOBIs. Last edited by DiapDealer; 11-14-2012 at 09:50 PM.