[javad0g]

Good afternoon/evening everyone,

I certainly want to thank anyone in advance who can point me in the right direction. I am hoping this was the best place to post a question about a file conversion or non-ascii character issue with a converted file on the Amazon Kindle reader (latest generation, 6" base model).

I have a children's book in .epub format that I was hoping would convert to .mobi for my child's reader. The conversion went fine (read: no errors) using EPUB to MOBI (about tab says nothing about a version number).

I am not sure if there is a problem with the original epub? I am not familiar with an epub reader I would be able to install on my x86 based PC (Windows). Is there a general conversion issue between .epub and .mobi? If so, is there a better or more reliable program to use to do file conversion?

Again, thank you for any insight and direction. I certainly appreciate your time. I am an IT guy, but have had very little exposure to eBook files and the conversion between formats.

-Java


**edit**

Spent the time looking into KindleGen (which failed to convert .epub to .mobi correctly) and then into Calibre which had no issues with the conversion process.

Consider this issue solved, and thank you all again, I am so glad I stumbled across this forum while researching a problem. I look forward to reading, sharing and learning.