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AlexBell · 08-30-2013, 04:59 AM

I hope this is the place to ask for help with the Marvin ereader. If this is not the right place could you tell me where to go?

The background to my questions is that I design ebooks as a hobby, always make sure that the ePubs validate, and test them on my Sony, with iBooks, and on my Kobo Touch. I also convert most of them to azw3 with calibre, and test them on my upgraded Kindle Keyboard.

I have tested one of these ebooks with Marvin, and have two major problems.

Problem 1
I the config.opf file I always enter the author's name as creator, and the illustrator's and markup designer's name as contributors. With the Marvin reader I get the three names displayed across the top of the page - though only the author's name is displayed on my iPad2 with iBooks.

Problem 2
I use pagebreak-after always to force a page break within a longer file, and rely on the end of the file to force a page break for chapters and so on. Marvin completely ignores both forms of page break, though they work perfectly well in the same ebook read on my Sony, iPad2/iBooks, and Kobo.

Is there anything I can do to fix these problems while still writing standards compliant markup which will work on my other ereaders?

08-30-2013, 04:59 AM	#1
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	Two questions about the Marvin reader I hope this is the place to ask for help with the Marvin ereader. If this is not the right place could you tell me where to go? The background to my questions is that I design ebooks as a hobby, always make sure that the ePubs validate, and test them on my Sony, with iBooks, and on my Kobo Touch. I also convert most of them to azw3 with calibre, and test them on my upgraded Kindle Keyboard. I have tested one of these ebooks with Marvin, and have two major problems. Problem 1 I the config.opf file I always enter the author's name as creator, and the illustrator's and markup designer's name as contributors. With the Marvin reader I get the three names displayed across the top of the page - though only the author's name is displayed on my iPad2 with iBooks. Problem 2 I use pagebreak-after always to force a page break within a longer file, and rely on the end of the file to force a page break for chapters and so on. Marvin completely ignores both forms of page break, though they work perfectly well in the same ebook read on my Sony, iPad2/iBooks, and Kobo. Is there anything I can do to fix these problems while still writing standards compliant markup which will work on my other ereaders?