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Forum: Amazon Kindle 02-18-2018, 03:23 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,358
Posted By comet
Very impressive pictures. So the question remains...

Very impressive pictures. So the question remains whether the intensity of the effect is normal due to the technology or if it is a defect.
Forum: Amazon Kindle 02-17-2018, 08:52 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,358
Posted By comet
Here is the picture. If I look at the screen with...

Here is the picture. If I look at the screen with my eyes the yellow shadow looks more impressive than on the picture. Perhaps my eyes are hypersensitive or the camera of my mobile phone is too less...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 02-17-2018, 07:20 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,358
Posted By comet
I tried to do so, but I can't find a button to...

I tried to do so, but I can't find a button to attach a picture to a reply. :(
Forum: Amazon Kindle 02-17-2018, 05:30 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,358
Posted By comet
zone of yellow darkness at oasis 2

Hallo,

I bought a new kindle oasis 2 at amazon. There is at the opposite side of the light-LEDs a zone of a small amount of yellow darkness. Of course I know that this kind of shadow is up to a...
Forum: Devices 03-03-2014, 09:46 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 639
Posted By comet
prevent calibre from writing calibre-mimetypes.xml

Hallo,

is there a way to prevent calibre from writing the file calibre-mimetypes.xml on linux? This file confuses my mime types management. Simply deleting it and rebuilding the mime-database by...
Forum: Conversion 06-23-2012, 11:48 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,063
Posted By comet
Thank you for the hint! :)

Thank you for the hint! :)
Forum: Conversion 06-23-2012, 05:03 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,063
Posted By comet
wrong splitting of titlepage

Hallo,

converting mobi to epub using calibre I often observe that calbre split the titlepage in a wrong manner, so that single lines of the original page appear each on a separate page. I correct...
Forum: Calibre 04-20-2012, 02:11 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,217
Posted By comet
Thank you for the information. :) Are there any...

Thank you for the information. :) Are there any other changes calibre does on the reader?

No, I don't really need the space. But there is no sense in "file-relicts" on a device that are not...
Forum: Calibre 04-20-2012, 12:35 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,217
Posted By comet
which files writes calibre to the kindle keyboard?

Hallo,

I use Calibre to manage my ebook-library, but not to manage my readers. So I disabled the plugins for all devices. Accidently I overlooked that there was a new plugin "Kindle 2/3/4/Touch...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 03-25-2012, 03:59 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,319
Posted By comet
does kindle 3 delete tmp-files after crash?

Hallo,

when trying to download a mobi-file using the experimental browser my kindle 3 (3G) crashed, so I had to reboot him. After connecting him to my pc using usb I realized that in the documents...
Forum: Conversion 03-20-2012, 05:14 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,365
Posted By comet
I have the problem that calibre's viewer doesn't...

I have the problem that calibre's viewer doesn't show some epubs former versions of calibre were able to show. With these epubs I now only get an empty white screen in the previewer. After converting...
Forum: Conversion 03-20-2012, 04:54 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,365
Posted By comet
OS: Linux (Ubuntu 10.04) Calibre: 0.8.43 ...

OS: Linux (Ubuntu 10.04)
Calibre: 0.8.43
Maximum Conversions: 3
The maximum number is limited to the number of CPU cores, that means 4 on my system
Forum: Conversion 03-20-2012, 04:18 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,365
Posted By comet
trouble when converting many epubs to epubs

I tried to convert 11 epubs again to epubs. Calibre started converting and finished 10 books conversion. The conversion of the 11th started, but in the progress bar of the job I got the message that...
Forum: Calibre 03-19-2012, 02:17 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,088
Posted By comet
0.8.43 can't open certain epubs

The previewer of 0.8.43 breaks the ability to view certain epubs. If I try to open one of them, there is only a white screen in the previewer. Former versionsof calibre and fbreader opens these...
Forum: Other formats 03-11-2012, 05:50 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,058
Posted By comet
Two kinds (I read mathematical texts in...

Two kinds (I read mathematical texts in topaz-format): Some time ago I often missed in mathematical expressions parts of the expression like an index and so on. Now the expressions are always...
Forum: Other formats 03-10-2012, 02:49 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,058
Posted By comet
I already read the wiki. But If I understand it...

I already read the wiki. But If I understand it correctly, the only factor of quality seems to be the quality of the scan. Is this right?
Forum: Other formats 03-10-2012, 12:45 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,058
Posted By comet
topaz: improved quality?

Hallo,

I observed at amazon.de that many titles (in english) they former sell in topaz aren't available any longer. But the ones I bought from the rest that is still available seems to have much...
Forum: ePub 02-26-2012, 11:32 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,192
Posted By comet
So there are two aspects of interest: 1. Do...

So there are two aspects of interest:

1. Do producers of ereaders really implement their firmwares in such a manner that epubs conforming to the standards are surely displayed correct?

2. If I...
Forum: ePub 02-26-2012, 07:13 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,192
Posted By comet
correct epubs are a matter of importance?

I observed that many epubs checked by epubchecker isn't valid because there are a lot of errors produced by this tool. But the epubs can be viewed without problems on my readers. So the question...
Forum: Conversion 02-26-2012, 07:09 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,057
Posted By comet
So that means that either the XHTML in the mobi...

So that means that either the XHTML in the mobi isn't correct with respect to version 1.1 or the CSS not with respect to version 2.1?
Forum: Conversion 02-26-2012, 05:28 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,057
Posted By comet
mobi2epub:errors_by_epubcheck

I converted a mobi to an epub by calibre and then used epubcheck to check the new file. epubcheck gave me a lot of errors. Did calibre make a bad job or is there something strange with the...
Forum: Conversion 02-12-2012, 10:55 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,455
Posted By comet
Does there exist a relation between size of the...

Does there exist a relation between size of the mobi and the time needed to convert it to an epub that can be used to estimate the time of convertion?
Forum: Conversion 02-12-2012, 09:27 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,455
Posted By comet
Yes, there were pictures, but the html-part of...

Yes, there were pictures, but the html-part of the book had a size of 50MB, so this part of the book was much larger than the images!
Forum: Conversion 02-12-2012, 04:37 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,455
Posted By comet
mobi2epub:how much time?

Hallo,

I just converted a mobi of 50MB to an epub. Of course calibre did a good job, but it needs 13 hours. What's the reason for such a long time?
Forum: Devices 10-16-2011, 05:49 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,519
Posted By comet
Cannot download to galaxy S I9003 using wifi

Hallo,

if I start the content server of calibre 0.8.22 on my linux box and try to download a book to my Galaxy S I9003 I always get the error message that the download failed. Tranfering to my...
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