Thread: Troubles with encoding (again)
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Old 05-30-2011, 08:08 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by geronimo72 View Post
Most of the are .pdb files. When I import the book into the library, it doesn't show some of these characters (it just removes the character from the word, no special chars instead).
I'm assuming you're opening the PDB files using the calibre viewer? The issue is PDB does not specify a character encoding. So the viewer has to guess the encoding. This process is not 100% and often the viewer gets it wrong. Converting to a format like MOBI or EPUB and viewing those files, they will show correctly in the viewer because both of those formats specify the encoding of the document in the file.

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Does this mean, that I can delete the source files and just use the Calibre folder from now on?
Yes. Though many people keep the originals for backup purposes.

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If so, can I change the way how it creates the folders on the hard disk?
No. Read this https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=119175.
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