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cssQuest · 09-16-2015, 01:12 PM

I want to study the CSS stylesheets of the books in my Kindle library.

(In this forum post I'm skipping discussion of AZW vs AZW3, EPUB, converting to AZW3 and EPUB, DeDRM (6.3.4), and KindleUnpack. I think I've explored those issues and experimented enough to think that they are not the problem I'm experiencing.)

I'm bringing my Kindle books into Calibre, right clicking their titles, and selecting 'Edit Book'.

It seems that the stylesheets are being transformed in some way (creating endless 'p' and 'calibre' classes) which makes it difficult to interpret the CSS author's styling intent.

In my research, I came across mention of Calibre "Flattening CSS Hierarchy" that might be applicable, but never did locate detailed discussion about that. At this point, I've exhausted what I can find to search on this subject.

Question: How I can view the CSS stylesheets of Kindle books in their original form (without having been transformed or "flattened"(?) )?

Thank you.

09-16-2015, 01:12 PM	#1
cssQuest Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2015 Device: none	How to View CSS Stylesheets of Kindle Books I want to study the CSS stylesheets of the books in my Kindle library. (In this forum post I'm skipping discussion of AZW vs AZW3, EPUB, converting to AZW3 and EPUB, DeDRM (6.3.4), and KindleUnpack. I think I've explored those issues and experimented enough to think that they are not the problem I'm experiencing.) I'm bringing my Kindle books into Calibre, right clicking their titles, and selecting 'Edit Book'. It seems that the stylesheets are being transformed in some way (creating endless 'p' and 'calibre' classes) which makes it difficult to interpret the CSS author's styling intent. In my research, I came across mention of Calibre "Flattening CSS Hierarchy" that might be applicable, but never did locate detailed discussion about that. At this point, I've exhausted what I can find to search on this subject. Question: How I can view the CSS stylesheets of Kindle books in their original form (without having been transformed or "flattened"(?) )? Thank you.