Register Guidelines E-Books Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book Software > Calibre > Conversion

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 07-21-2012, 12:36 AM   #1
CarlosL
Junior Member
CarlosL began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 4
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jul 2012
Device: Kindle Touch
Conversion result from ePub to KF8 different than MOBI

Hello!

I'm having trouble achieving the same result with exporting ePub to Amazon (Kindle Touch) formats (MOBI and KF8) using Calibre. If I export to MOBI, the result is something very similar to Amazon's own style for eBook, but if I use KF8 at least line height is not the same as with MOBI.

MOBI version (good):


KF8 version (bad):
(Screenshots from Kindle Previewer in Kindle Touch Mode)

I tried with line height settings with no luck.

Any suggestion will be appreciated!
CarlosL is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-21-2012, 12:38 AM   #2
kovidgoyal
creator of calibre
kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
kovidgoyal's Avatar
 
Posts: 43,739
Karma: 22446736
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Mumbai, India
Device: Various
The Kindle Touch overrides line height. You cannot control it in KF8. The line height that the user will see depends on the line height setting they have on their Touch.
kovidgoyal is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-21-2012, 10:45 AM   #3
CarlosL
Junior Member
CarlosL began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 4
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jul 2012
Device: Kindle Touch
Thanks for your answer!

That's really bad, even selecting the lowest setting for line height in Kindle Touch leaves too much space! Is there any known workaround for this?
CarlosL is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-21-2012, 10:46 AM   #4
kovidgoyal
creator of calibre
kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
kovidgoyal's Avatar
 
Posts: 43,739
Karma: 22446736
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Mumbai, India
Device: Various
Not that I know of.
kovidgoyal is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-21-2012, 11:03 AM   #5
CarlosL
Junior Member
CarlosL began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 4
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jul 2012
Device: Kindle Touch
Thanks again!

Uh, no native support for EPUB and KF8 with issues, it really sucks!

Seems I'll have to use MOBI then, at least until Amazon releases a fix for this, since Kindle Fire doesn't seem to have this problem.
CarlosL is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-21-2012, 10:08 PM   #6
JSWolf
Resident Curmudgeon
JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
JSWolf's Avatar
 
Posts: 73,510
Karma: 126422064
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
What I don't get is this... Amazon released firmware 5.1 with this line height bug and they didn't bother to fix it and went ahead and did it again for firmware 4.1. That's just not good planning.
JSWolf is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Texte aus dem Bestand von Wikisource als E-Book (EPUB, Mobi teilweise KF8) readx E-Books 3 06-08-2012 09:58 AM
Content KF8 only or combined KF8/Mobi JSWolf Amazon Kindle 9 06-03-2012 09:11 PM
PDF to Mobi/Epub: How to Achieve Better Result With Mobipocket Creator sinan Workshop 1 02-09-2012 05:45 AM
EPUB to MOBI - result is outrageous sebdea Conversion 2 05-25-2011 01:03 PM
.epub to .mobi after conversion illustrata Conversion 9 05-10-2011 06:09 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:35 PM.


MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.