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M4R5 · 03-23-2013, 10:18 AM

I've been back to this topic time and again, but I still can't get a decent ePub from a Kindle purchase. I've tried telling Calibre not to mangle the files, but it doesn't seem to make any difference to the output.
The main problems are:

Extra spaces between lines
Missing spaces between lines
Wrong justification
Wrong indentation

Missing pictures

Unfortunately my Kobo is extraordinarily bad at reading decrypted .mobi files from Amazon, so the conversion to ePub seems necessary. The difficulty is in getting a good copy.

Two particularly difficult books have been

ISBN: 0988263408
ISBN: 0062110543

both from Amazon's Kindle store.

Here is a side-by-side comparison of the original and the best output I can get from Calibre at the moment:

Can anyone advise? I'm not set on using Calibre. Something else would be just fine if it can do a better job. I anticipate this problem is only going to become more frequent as I buy more books from Amazon. I may even have to migrate to Kindle one day. Thanks

NB: The poor formatting in the post is deliberate, and quite accurate in showing some of the problems.

03-23-2013, 10:18 AM	#1
M4R5 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: Kobo Touch	Kindle > ePub (properly) I've been back to this topic time and again, but I still can't get a decent ePub from a Kindle purchase. I've tried telling Calibre not to mangle the files, but it doesn't seem to make any difference to the output. The main problems are: Extra spaces between lines Missing spaces between lines Wrong justification Wrong indentation Missing pictures Unfortunately my Kobo is extraordinarily bad at reading decrypted .mobi files from Amazon, so the conversion to ePub seems necessary. The difficulty is in getting a good copy. Two particularly difficult books have been ISBN: 0988263408 ISBN: 0062110543 both from Amazon's Kindle store. Here is a side-by-side comparison of the original and the best output I can get from Calibre at the moment:Can anyone advise? I'm not set on using Calibre. Something else would be just fine if it can do a better job. I anticipate this problem is only going to become more frequent as I buy more books from Amazon. I may even have to migrate to Kindle one day. Thanks NB: The poor formatting in the post is deliberate, and quite accurate in showing some of the problems.