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slowsmile · 08-09-2017, 09:27 PM

st_albert...Yes that is a strange result that you got.

But how did you split your original Kindlegen mobi into KF7 and KF8 versions?

If you used Calibre to do it, then that will give you the result that you got. I also ran the test using Calibre with the same result as you. And it was very evident to me that Calibre deliberately strips out all media queries from the stylesheet. It also strips out all classes and height/width definitions from the <img> tags. The gist is that you cannot rely on Calibre to give you a correct view of your mobi or AZW file.

A much better way of doing the same thing would perhaps be to run the plugin then convert your epub to mobi using Kindlegen, then download DiapDealer's KindleImport plugin(which uses KindleUnpack) and run your mobi through that in Sigil to give you an epub version. That's what I did and everything was there - including media queries and all the proper image formatting(from running the plugin)

08-09-2017, 09:27 PM	#37
slowsmile Witchman Posts: 628 Karma: 788808 Join Date: May 2013 Location: Philippines Device: Android S5	st_albert...Yes that is a strange result that you got. But how did you split your original Kindlegen mobi into KF7 and KF8 versions? If you used Calibre to do it, then that will give you the result that you got. I also ran the test using Calibre with the same result as you. And it was very evident to me that Calibre deliberately strips out all media queries from the stylesheet. It also strips out all classes and height/width definitions from the <img> tags. The gist is that you cannot rely on Calibre to give you a correct view of your mobi or AZW file. A much better way of doing the same thing would perhaps be to run the plugin then convert your epub to mobi using Kindlegen, then download DiapDealer's KindleImport plugin(which uses KindleUnpack) and run your mobi through that in Sigil to give you an epub version. That's what I did and everything was there - including media queries and all the proper image formatting(from running the plugin) Last edited by slowsmile; 08-09-2017 at 09:56 PM.