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Originally Posted by RonBurgandy

Hi, I'm new here. I just got my Kobo Aura H2O, and figured out how to get it working right with normal epubs - mine were downloaded free from www.gutenberg.org. This fixes issues of not being able to make margins smaller, and not being able to change line spacing.

You should have a look at the MR library. If the book is there, it will be a much better version than the PG version. And you shouldn't need the extra options in the convert

4. Hit Command-P on Mac, or Control-P on a PC (I assume), or click Prefences in the top bar, then click Preferences again.

Under Import / Export, click "Saving books to disk"

In the top left, uncheck two items - "Save cover separately" and "Save metadata in separate OPF file"

Under "Save template", you'll see this:
{author_sort}/{title}/{title} - {authors}

change it to this:
{title} - {authors}

Click Apply.

Close Preferences window.

Personally, I always use "Send to device". For that, I set the save template in the device configuration.

5. Select your epub, and click the "Convert books" button near the top left of the screen.

6. Click "Look and Feel" and change "Minimum line height" to 0%

Click "Page Setup" and change "Output Profile" to Kindle Voyage. This has the same screen resolution as the Aura H2O. (You're changing the top list, leave the list on the bottom the same, on "Default Input Profile").

If you're using a different version of the Kobo, I'd assume you'd select "Kobo Reader" or whichever device has the same resolution as yours.

I recommend selecting "Tablet" as the output profile. The only thing this does is set the maximum size for an image in the book. If the images are larger than the size specified in the profile, it is resized. But, this means if you have multiple devices, or upgrade to a higher resolution device, you will need to go back to the original and reconvert for the device. Using the Tablet output profile will mean the images are not resized and it is up to the device to do it. This is the better long term choice.

In the same screen towards the bottom you'll see: "Margins". Change Top and Bottom from 5pt to 0. This gives you more reading room by reducing excess extra space at the top and bottom of the display. Leave Left and Right Margins the same, at 5pt. That way the text won't be right against the sides of the display.

Click "OK"

7. Wait for conversion to finish (Wait for it to say "Jobs: 0" instead of "Jobs:1" at bottom right of screen),

Select the epub you converted. Right click and select "Save to disk", "Save only EPUB format to disk in a single directory" and select where you would like to save it to. (dropbox, to a sd card, to your documents)

OR

Click the little down arrow next to the "Save to disk" button near the top of the screen. Click "Save only EPUB format to disk in a single directory" and select where you would like to save it to.

8. Done! Now just upload/transfer epub to your Kobo! Use your usb cable, or Dropbox, or use Calibre as a server and download from there.

This allows for epubs to be formatted nicely, AND you can change the margins, line spacing, etc.

Or use "Send to device" when it is connected.