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Originally Posted by GeoffR
I've generally found that using calibre to convert ePub --> ePub causes as many new problems as it fixes. A conversion can help with some problems that are a lot of trouble to fix manually (such as when files need to be split because they contain multiple chapters), but if I do a conversion I still need to edit the ePub manually to fix the problems that remained plus the new problems caused by the conversion.
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I've found the same issues.
I've set calibre so that it retains the original unconverted ePub. If I do the ePub>ePub conversion, I check the results in my (currently) preferred reader. If it's good enough then I'm done. If not, I open the conversion in the Editor and look around. I may find that it's going to be easier to delete the conversion, restore the ORIGINAL and manually edit that rather than editing the conversion.
I generally clean up ePubs for personal reading, not distribution, so often I'll tolerate flaws that I would never accept if I was distributing the ebook. I've found that with simple fiction it's often adequate to completely strip out the original CSS, use the Editor's tools to remove the now unused CSS references and then insert my stock CSS stylesheet.