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AuthorGreg · 07-12-2012, 12:33 PM

Well....

This is maddening. I don't think Calibre is the issue. The ePub displays one hundred percent correctly on all ePub viewers I have, including the Nook PC Desktop reader, as well as Pubit!'s previewer. The only device that doesn't display it right is the Nook Simple Touch. Any other Nook is fine.

Some of the em dashes displayed correctly within blocks of text that were italicized, about 90 percent. None of this makes sense.

I would ask the Pubit! folks about this, but as any author knows they don't pride themselves on answering support emails, mainly because they just generally don't do it.

Yet, the ebook formatters for the big publishers have it figured out, because on Big-Six published books, the em dashes display perfectly. I reckon I'll have to pay someone to learn the secrets.

Oh, I did replace the em dash with "—" and that just caused the file to truncate at the spot of its first occurrence. That was weird.

Thanks, all!

Greg

07-12-2012, 12:33 PM	#7
AuthorGreg Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Nook Simple Touch, Kindle 2nd Gen, Kindle 7" Fire HD	Well.... This is maddening. I don't think Calibre is the issue. The ePub displays one hundred percent correctly on all ePub viewers I have, including the Nook PC Desktop reader, as well as Pubit!'s previewer. The only device that doesn't display it right is the Nook Simple Touch. Any other Nook is fine. Some of the em dashes displayed correctly within blocks of text that were italicized, about 90 percent. None of this makes sense. I would ask the Pubit! folks about this, but as any author knows they don't pride themselves on answering support emails, mainly because they just generally don't do it. Yet, the ebook formatters for the big publishers have it figured out, because on Big-Six published books, the em dashes display perfectly. I reckon I'll have to pay someone to learn the secrets. Oh, I did replace the em dash with "—" and that just caused the file to truncate at the spot of its first occurrence. That was weird. Thanks, all! Greg Last edited by AuthorGreg; 07-12-2012 at 01:10 PM.