Strange ePub behavior on Libre

PodPeople · 02-17-2010, 05:13 PM

I bought an Aluratek Libre a few days ago and have been playing around with it. I have noticed there are a couple of differences in the way that books in the Epub format behave differently than books in HTML, Mobipocket and PRC formats. The right key will not advance the page of Epub books, but does for the other formats. Also, fonts of Epub books are always in the Libre's serif font, even if I change the font to the sans serif font. The other formats are displayed in the font I specify. Does anyone know why the Libre (and I suspect the Jetbook) behaves this way with Epub books?

DJHARKAVY · 02-17-2010, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by PodPeople

I bought an Aluratek Libre a few days ago and have been playing around with it. I have noticed there are a couple of differences in the way that books in the Epub format behave differently than books in HTML, Mobipocket and PRC formats. The right key will not advance the page of Epub books, but does for the other formats. Also, fonts of Epub books are always in the Libre's serif font, even if I change the font to the sans serif font. The other formats are displayed in the font I specify. Does anyone know why the Libre (and I suspect the Jetbook) behaves this way with Epub books?

I haven't seen that on the JBL, but I was reading one book in epub format, and the font just became a few shades lighter all of a sudden. The book title and such did not get lighter but the text did.

wallcraft · 02-17-2010, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by PodPeople

Does anyone know why the Libre (and I suspect the Jetbook) behaves this way with Epub books?

This is because ePub is using mobile Adobe Digital Editions, the other formats are using FBReader. The jetBook does not have mobile ADE and so uses FBReader for ePub.

You can change the font by modifying each ePub ebook individually. It is added in Calibre as Extra CSS either via the GUI or on the command line, for example the following uses the default sans-serif font in bold for most text:

Code:

body {
  font-family: sans-serif;
  font-weight: bold;
}

This will only work for DRM-free ePubs, see Adobe ADEPT DRM for EPUB circumvented.

PodPeople · 02-17-2010, 11:11 PM

Thanks, wallcraft. There's a lot to learn about this -- hope I'm up to it.

02-17-2010, 05:13 PM	#1
PodPeople Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 134 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Houston, TX Device: Nook Simple Touch, iPad 3, Kindle 4B	Strange ePub behavior on Libre I bought an Aluratek Libre a few days ago and have been playing around with it. I have noticed there are a couple of differences in the way that books in the Epub format behave differently than books in HTML, Mobipocket and PRC formats. The right key will not advance the page of Epub books, but does for the other formats. Also, fonts of Epub books are always in the Libre's serif font, even if I change the font to the sans serif font. The other formats are displayed in the font I specify. Does anyone know why the Libre (and I suspect the Jetbook) behaves this way with Epub books?

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02-17-2010, 11:11 PM	#4
PodPeople Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 134 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Houston, TX Device: Nook Simple Touch, iPad 3, Kindle 4B	Thanks, wallcraft. There's a lot to learn about this -- hope I'm up to it.

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