Converting certain punctuations from text to epub

greenapple · 05-28-2010, 07:09 PM

I have some texts that I'd like to convert to epub. These text files contain strange punctuations, such as “ , ” , as well as ’ .

A snippet of an original text looks something like this:

Code:

His companion smiled a rugged smile of warm cynicism. “You can’t believe? Me neither, man. Me neither.”

But when I converted the text to epub, the punctuations were replaced by question marks in the calibre viewer as well as my ebook reader (the first pic attached). If I selected "transliterate unicode characters to ascii" option, these punctuations disappeared completely (as in the second pic).

Is there a solution to this weird problem that I have, besides converting every “,” and ’ into the normal " and '?

Thanks!

kovidgoyal · 05-28-2010, 07:44 PM

http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual...r-smart-quotes

greenapple · 05-28-2010, 08:27 PM

A big thank-you!! "cp1252" solves the problem completely.

05-28-2010, 07:09 PM	#1
greenapple Evangelist Posts: 404 Karma: 664 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle DX, Kobo Aura HD	Converting certain punctuations from text to epub I have some texts that I'd like to convert to epub. These text files contain strange punctuations, such as “ , ” , as well as ’ . A snippet of an original text looks something like this: Code: His companion smiled a rugged smile of warm cynicism. “You can’t believe? Me neither, man. Me neither.” But when I converted the text to epub, the punctuations were replaced by question marks in the calibre viewer as well as my ebook reader (the first pic attached). If I selected "transliterate unicode characters to ascii" option, these punctuations disappeared completely (as in the second pic). Is there a solution to this weird problem that I have, besides converting every “,” and ’ into the normal " and '? Thanks! Attached Thumbnails

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05-28-2010, 07:44 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,854 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual...r-smart-quotes

05-28-2010, 08:27 PM	#3
greenapple Evangelist Posts: 404 Karma: 664 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle DX, Kobo Aura HD	A big thank-you!! "cp1252" solves the problem completely.