epub to mobi text wrap problem

Cubeology · 12-26-2011, 07:12 PM

I have converted three books from epub to mobi for my Kindle. The first two were readable after conversion but the third has a peculiar problem. Instead of ending the lines at the end of a word it is wrapping the text where ever the lines end generally in the middle of a word. It looks like the example below except the lines to go all the way across the page. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

It is very ha
rd to read w
hen the line
s end like thi
is.

Serpentine · 12-27-2011, 10:07 AM

Check the source epub's CSS, it most likely has some silly white-space properties set. Remove anything related to that.

Pretty much, just take a look at the epub, look at the markup/css and try to see what's going on. Use Sigil to do this.

12-26-2011, 07:12 PM	#1
Cubeology Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle 3	epub to mobi text wrap problem I have converted three books from epub to mobi for my Kindle. The first two were readable after conversion but the third has a peculiar problem. Instead of ending the lines at the end of a word it is wrapping the text where ever the lines end generally in the middle of a word. It looks like the example below except the lines to go all the way across the page. Any suggestions would be appreciated. It is very ha rd to read w hen the line s end like thi is.

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12-27-2011, 10:07 AM	#2
Serpentine Evangelist Posts: 416 Karma: 1045911 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Device: Kindle 3	Check the source epub's CSS, it most likely has some silly white-space properties set. Remove anything related to that. Pretty much, just take a look at the epub, look at the markup/css and try to see what's going on. Use Sigil to do this.

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