Using Calibre

Lambee5990 · 07-20-2011, 11:56 PM

I had the original Nook and converted a bunch of books using Calibre. I am looking at getting a Nook Color, would I be able to just add the books I already converted right to the Nook Color or would I have to ggo back and re-convert all of the books to fit the Nook Color screen??

user_none · 07-21-2011, 07:00 AM

If your books are text based (novels) then you shouldn't need to reconvert. The text in an EPUB file will reflow to accommodate different screen sizes. If these are comic books then you should reconvert to account for the differences in screen size.

Cait London · 07-22-2011, 03:56 PM

Calibre is updated to 8.11. I've used it for a long time w/no problems. Now-- My html looks great in the browser, but run thru Calibre to epub, it comes out with errors: . for an em dash, . for ... all usually punctuation, like ? for beginning ". What can I do?

Thank you.

Cait London · 07-22-2011, 03:58 PM

Sorry. I used Notepad to strip Word, then used CSS formatting, saving to title.html

kovidgoyal · 07-22-2011, 03:58 PM

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....r-smart-quotes

Cait London · 07-22-2011, 04:14 PM

The above question pertains to the books I've written, preparing for epub publishing, Nook, etc.

Adoby · 07-22-2011, 05:45 PM

Get Sigil, a very nice epub/html editor, and use that to create your epub. Then use Calibre to convert to different formats.

http://code.google.com/p/sigil/

(Also has a forum here on MobileRead)

HarryT · 07-23-2011, 08:30 AM

If em-dashes, curly-quotes, etc, are appearing as "?" in your book, that's a character encoding issue. You need to ensure that your book correctly specifies its encoding.

07-20-2011, 11:56 PM	#1
Lambee5990 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Nook	Using Calibre I had the original Nook and converted a bunch of books using Calibre. I am looking at getting a Nook Color, would I be able to just add the books I already converted right to the Nook Color or would I have to ggo back and re-convert all of the books to fit the Nook Color screen??

07-22-2011, 03:58 PM	#5
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre Posts: 22,469 Karma: 2944574 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....r-smart-quotes __________________ Get calibre Notice to all: I can not provide assistance with DRM removal, for legal reasons, so please do not contact me about it.

07-23-2011, 08:30 AM	#8
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,657 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	If em-dashes, curly-quotes, etc, are appearing as "?" in your book, that's a character encoding issue. You need to ensure that your book correctly specifies its encoding. __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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07-21-2011, 07:00 AM	#2
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,384 Karma: 848775 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	If your books are text based (novels) then you shouldn't need to reconvert. The text in an EPUB file will reflow to accommodate different screen sizes. If these are comic books then you should reconvert to account for the differences in screen size.

07-22-2011, 03:56 PM	#3
Cait London Cait London Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: none	Calibre is updated to 8.11. I've used it for a long time w/no problems. Now-- My html looks great in the browser, but run thru Calibre to epub, it comes out with errors: . for an em dash, . for ... all usually punctuation, like ? for beginning ". What can I do? Thank you.

07-22-2011, 04:14 PM	#6
Cait London Cait London Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: none	The above question pertains to the books I've written, preparing for epub publishing, Nook, etc.

07-22-2011, 05:45 PM	#7
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 467 Karma: 1177340 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Ubuntu Linux, Cybook Opus, Motorola Xoom with Mantano	Get Sigil, a very nice epub/html editor, and use that to create your epub. Then use Calibre to convert to different formats. http://code.google.com/p/sigil/ (Also has a forum here on MobileRead)


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