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NuMor · 05-11-2012, 02:06 PM

Hello all,

I am a writer, one more self-published writer, and I had this crazy idea it would be interesting to have my stories available for eventual readers using e-books - namely the Amazon Kindle, in a first phase.

I downloaded Calibre about a week ago and I have been trying unsuccessfully to convert two of my novellas into MOBI - first from Word (did not work, learned from the manual it is complicated) then from PDF (complicated again) and finally from HTML.

Now, this works, but;

- why is the font that I wrote in (Centaur) not used for the converted e-book?
- why are spaces not respected in the converted e-book, even when paragraphs are used (the respect for paragraphs seems completely random).

I look forward to learn from you.

Please bear in mind I am a computer end-user.
I type, the letters appear and form words which then become sentences.
This is almost as far as I go

Sad, yes, I know.

Thanks.

05-11-2012, 02:06 PM	#1
NuMor Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Lisboa, Portugal Device: kindle	Scanning my first books and what a nightmare this is being... Hello all, I am a writer, one more self-published writer, and I had this crazy idea it would be interesting to have my stories available for eventual readers using e-books - namely the Amazon Kindle, in a first phase. I downloaded Calibre about a week ago and I have been trying unsuccessfully to convert two of my novellas into MOBI - first from Word (did not work, learned from the manual it is complicated) then from PDF (complicated again) and finally from HTML. Now, this works, but; - why is the font that I wrote in (Centaur) not used for the converted e-book? - why are spaces not respected in the converted e-book, even when paragraphs are used (the respect for paragraphs seems completely random). I look forward to learn from you. Please bear in mind I am a computer end-user. I type, the letters appear and form words which then become sentences. This is almost as far as I go Sad, yes, I know. Thanks.