Thread: Aura H2O How to change the cbz book names showing in the device?
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Old 04-13-2016, 11:10 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by 344a View Post
Thanks Daivd. You guys are great. I will try the plugins later today.

I got another question. I converted the cbz to epub for curiosity (using the online conversion tool). But when I open it in my device, the graphic only occupies half of the screen. The same epub seems normal when I open it in my laptop.

Any idea how can I fix it in the Calibre?

I am sorry for asking so many questions.
Firstly, no apologies are needed no matter how many questions you ask. Except maybe if they are really, really dumb questions. You're nowhere near that.

Secondly, I wouldn't trust an online conversion tool. A lot of them use calibre to do the conversion, but, the last time I looked, they all used older versions and didn't let you customize the conversion.

In calibre, for an CBZ to epub conversion, a lot depends on the size of the source images and whether they get resized by the conversion. If the images are larger than the output profile specified, they will be downscaled to the size in the profile. If they are smaller, they will not be changed. Then, when the HTML is built for the image, it is simple img tag with a style to match the size of the image. This will mean that the images will be display at their native size. So, a 600x800 image will fill a little more than half the screen of an Aura H2O. Your screenshot looks like this is what is happening. If your CBZ have higher resolution images, maybe the online conversion is downscaling them.

There are some options in the CBZ to epub conversion to play with. I am by no means an expert on this and can only suggest that you play with them to see how they work.

There is also KCC ("Kindle Comic Converter" or something like that). It has some predefined output formats for the conversion including kepubs appropriate for each Kobo device. I'm not a great fan of this, but I'm also not a great fan of any CBZ to epub conversion. But, I also don't read comic much and haven't really played with this.

Because of the above, I do wonder why anyone would convert their comics. The Kobo ereaders handle CBR and CBZ. With these formats, they have the big advantage that you can zoom, pan and rotate the images. Smaller images will be scaled to fit the screen. The page position will be remembered correctly if you open an close it.
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