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Old 05-19-2013, 02:29 PM   #471
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Originally Posted by Anak View Post
The video clearly shows the output of the kepub format, which can not be changed by the user:
  • a very wide (margin in the) header and footer
  • empty text line after every paragraph (does not happen with all kepubs)
  • additional margins to left and right which can not be tweaked to zero
I'd disagree with calling the header and footer a wide margin but that is likely logic chopping.

Your second and third points are based on the formatting applied by the publisher to the ebook. Kobo's philosophy seem to involve respecting publisher formatting giving you the closest to what the publisher originally intended. As near as I can tell, Kobo modifies the ebook to add the kepub elements but they do not modify other style elements. Much as jgoguen's driver does with epubs as they are copied to your Kobo from Calibre.

I've seen kepubs that do not have the wide right/left margins and that have minimal spacing between lines and paragraphs so they are not an artifact of the ACCESS NetFront renderer but rather following what the ebook style specifies.

If a kepub is not DRMed, you can edit it in the same way as an epub. Just be careful not to let Sigil or whatever other editor you use remove the EPUB3 elements that kepub uses.

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David
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