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Old 12-31-2013, 11:12 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Alan James View Post
I've been trying to convert my .doc file (my novel) to epub. I convert first to html and get a 1.3mb file (so far so good) but, when I import to calibre, I end up with a 31.4mb file and finally an approx 34mb epub file. This is way too large for emailing to friends. Why are they sooooo large ???
I suspect you file reference a bunch of (large?) images. The HTML only links to images. When you make the EPUB the images are ALSO pulled into the EPUB file. Add fonts (embed fonts option), more bigger
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