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Holden · 09-08-2011, 12:57 PM

I have just passed from Cybook to Kindle. I am starting using calibre and BEFORE posting any help message I have been reading all the sticky threads

Yet, I am about to give up. This is too much information for me.

I need something clear like Harry's tutorial for Book Designer.

The problem started when I had a bad formatted result, yes, it was a pdf, and I have read that pdf is the worst file to be converted, but this is not the point, The point is that I tried to modify the output format from calibre. I was in search & replace, I wanted to cancel some unwanted part of the text and I couldn't.
Then I wanted cleaner opening pages, and tried to insert a page break (not a line break), and I didn't have a clue.

So, the first VERY STUPID question is: do I use calibre only to convert an already well formatted book, or I can do something during the conversion?

ANd the SECOND STUPID QUESTION: Do I still have have to use Book Designer or some similar software to prepare the original file for calibre and, subsequently, for my kindle?

09-08-2011, 12:57 PM	#1
Holden Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: cybook, kindle3	Calibre is depressing me I have just passed from Cybook to Kindle. I am starting using calibre and BEFORE posting any help message I have been reading all the sticky threads Yet, I am about to give up. This is too much information for me. I need something clear like Harry's tutorial for Book Designer. The problem started when I had a bad formatted result, yes, it was a pdf, and I have read that pdf is the worst file to be converted, but this is not the point, The point is that I tried to modify the output format from calibre. I was in search & replace, I wanted to cancel some unwanted part of the text and I couldn't. Then I wanted cleaner opening pages, and tried to insert a page break (not a line break), and I didn't have a clue. So, the first VERY STUPID question is: do I use calibre only to convert an already well formatted book, or I can do something during the conversion? ANd the SECOND STUPID QUESTION: Do I still have have to use Book Designer or some similar software to prepare the original file for calibre and, subsequently, for my kindle?