[cybmole]

I have a txt document that I want converted into mobi.

it converts OK except that any dash character is rendered as a ? inside of a black diamond?
what is causing this & is there an easy workaround ?

e.g.where txt input, in notepad looks like this:
"From each sensor a lead, fine as gossamer, ran to the sole object — apart from the steel chair and two other chairs, both softly padded — that might be said to furnish the room."

the mobi output ( in calibre reader) displays as:
" From each sensor a lead, fine as gossamer, ran to the sole object � apart from the steel chair and two other chairs, both softly padded � that might be said to furnish the room"

I've worked around the problem like this: I don't find that long dash mark anywhere on my keyboard but I open the txt file in notepad, paste that dash into the find replace box then go replace all to change it to " - ". that comes out as expected in .mobi.

I'd still be grateful for an explanation of the original bug/issue though, please