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troubledMan · 06-27-2016, 09:28 AM

Hi all,

I normally use kindlegen to make the conversion from epub to mobi in files previously ddrmed, in Spanish language. From time to time, I find that the conversion is far to be perfect: every accented word is not correctly converted, displaying accented vowels by weird symbols. The same epub is flawlessly converted by Calibre, however. I use both programs using the defaults. And that is baffling me ¡a lot!
I am on a MacBook Pro running 'El Capitan', DeDRM ver 6.4.3, kindlegen V 2.9 build 1028-0897292 and calibre 2.60.
I'd like to know the reason for this, as I'd like to be as far as possible from calibre (for the purpose of conversion) and keep on using kindlegen.

Thank very much in advance and forgive me: English is not my mother tongue.

Check these snapshots, kindlegen conversion (left), calibre conversion (right)

06-27-2016, 09:28 AM	#1
troubledMan Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: In a city that is Real (for real) Device: KPW SE 12	Faulty ePub to mobi conversion Hi all, I normally use kindlegen to make the conversion from epub to mobi in files previously ddrmed, in Spanish language. From time to time, I find that the conversion is far to be perfect: every accented word is not correctly converted, displaying accented vowels by weird symbols. The same epub is flawlessly converted by Calibre, however. I use both programs using the defaults. And that is baffling me ¡a lot! I am on a MacBook Pro running 'El Capitan', DeDRM ver 6.4.3, kindlegen V 2.9 build 1028-0897292 and calibre 2.60. I'd like to know the reason for this, as I'd like to be as far as possible from calibre (for the purpose of conversion) and keep on using kindlegen. Thank very much in advance and forgive me: English is not my mother tongue. Check these snapshots, kindlegen conversion (left), calibre conversion (right) Attached Thumbnails