epub to mobi: Error

Silu_Donerbar · 12-15-2010, 06:03 PM

Hello,

I'm having a problem with my convertion from an epub that I created with Indesign to the mobi format.. The problem only happens when I put a TOC on the Indesign. If I dont do it, there isnt any problem.

What can I be doing wrong?, the TOC is recognised on the Adobe Digital, but when I convert in Calibre, it allways gives an error.

Thanks in advance..

ldolse · 12-16-2010, 03:20 PM

Indesign does a lot of things that aren't 'legal' per the epub spec. I'd recommend opening and saving the file in Sigil before manipulating it with Calibre. In the latest release Sigil added features which looks for all the bad stuff Indesign does and fixes it - although I don't know if handling an Indesign TOC was on that list. Once you've done that you can probably successfully convert using Calibre.

Edit: Sigil probably won't help you in the TOC department, most of the additions there were around embedded fonts:
http://sigildev.blogspot.com/

12-15-2010, 06:03 PM	#1
Silu_Donerbar Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle	epub to mobi: Error Hello, I'm having a problem with my convertion from an epub that I created with Indesign to the mobi format.. The problem only happens when I put a TOC on the Indesign. If I dont do it, there isnt any problem. What can I be doing wrong?, the TOC is recognised on the Adobe Digital, but when I convert in Calibre, it allways gives an error. Thanks in advance..

12-16-2010, 03:20 PM	#2
ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	Indesign does a lot of things that aren't 'legal' per the epub spec. I'd recommend opening and saving the file in Sigil before manipulating it with Calibre. In the latest release Sigil added features which looks for all the bad stuff Indesign does and fixes it - although I don't know if handling an Indesign TOC was on that list. Once you've done that you can probably successfully convert using Calibre. Edit: Sigil probably won't help you in the TOC department, most of the additions there were around embedded fonts: http://sigildev.blogspot.com/ Last edited by ldolse; 12-16-2010 at 03:22 PM.

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