Lost Info In Conversions

Carlj · 05-04-2011, 10:57 PM

I have reason to want to convert LIT to PDF, and then subsequently to MOBI in order to have a readable text on my Kindle 2. Unfortunately data is lost. Strangely the letter "l" is lost in every case where a double "l" is needed. Hill becomes Hil, and "They were all" becomes "They were al." Other incorrect spellings also occur. The format looks okay, however, which is why I needed to convert to PDF before going to MOBI. From LIT to Mobi directly causes paragraphing errors. From PDF to MOBI directly causes artifact problems. Thought I had it licked by doing the double conversion. I changed to heuristic as an option under settings but that didn't produce any difference.

Can anyone help?

Carl

ldolse · 05-04-2011, 11:27 PM

You should never use pdf as an interim format. Just convert directly from Lit to Mobi. If there are errors with paragraphs please describe those in more detail.

My suspicion is you have a crappy Lit file with hard line breaks. Go into the conversion options and enable Heuristics while converting from Lit to Mobi.

If Heuristics didn't work then you're better off converting to text (markdown/textile) and then to mobi.

neilmarr · 05-05-2011, 04:53 AM

Good to have your company, Carl. Luck with the wee hitch, happy Kindling and best wishes. Neil

05-04-2011, 10:57 PM	#1
Carlj Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	Lost Info In Conversions I have reason to want to convert LIT to PDF, and then subsequently to MOBI in order to have a readable text on my Kindle 2. Unfortunately data is lost. Strangely the letter "l" is lost in every case where a double "l" is needed. Hill becomes Hil, and "They were all" becomes "They were al." Other incorrect spellings also occur. The format looks okay, however, which is why I needed to convert to PDF before going to MOBI. From LIT to Mobi directly causes paragraphing errors. From PDF to MOBI directly causes artifact problems. Thought I had it licked by doing the double conversion. I changed to heuristic as an option under settings but that didn't produce any difference. Can anyone help? Carl

05-04-2011, 11:27 PM	#2
ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	You should never use pdf as an interim format. Just convert directly from Lit to Mobi. If there are errors with paragraphs please describe those in more detail. My suspicion is you have a crappy Lit file with hard line breaks. Go into the conversion options and enable Heuristics while converting from Lit to Mobi. If Heuristics didn't work then you're better off converting to text (markdown/textile) and then to mobi. Last edited by ldolse; 05-04-2011 at 11:31 PM.

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05-05-2011, 04:53 AM	#3
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,216 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Good to have your company, Carl. Luck with the wee hitch, happy Kindling and best wishes. Neil

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