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jswinden · 07-26-2017, 11:08 AM

I would try stripping out the CSS completely. This looks like a print publisher who tried to push that into an eBook format, probably due to ignorance of eBook formatting. Regardless, substitute an empty file for the CSS file, then all that garbage goes away. In other words, open the CSS file, delete evrything inside it, then save it. Then rebuild the ePub.

That is the easy way and will result in a more generic ePub. However, there might still be other CSS hard-coded within the ePub itself, so look for that too and delete it. Be aware though, if the publisher used DIV tags rather than H1, H2, and other divisional tags, then there can be a lot of issues. There are a lot of moron publishers out there.

07-26-2017, 11:08 AM	#7
jswinden Nameless Being	I would try stripping out the CSS completely. This looks like a print publisher who tried to push that into an eBook format, probably due to ignorance of eBook formatting. Regardless, substitute an empty file for the CSS file, then all that garbage goes away. In other words, open the CSS file, delete evrything inside it, then save it. Then rebuild the ePub. That is the easy way and will result in a more generic ePub. However, there might still be other CSS hard-coded within the ePub itself, so look for that too and delete it. Be aware though, if the publisher used DIV tags rather than H1, H2, and other divisional tags, then there can be a lot of issues. There are a lot of moron publishers out there.