So, since I moved to the wonderful world of ebooks a year or so ago, I've spent a LOT of time converting files to make them look decent on whatever reader I'm using.
For a while this was the Sony 505. And sleek device that it was, there was little good content for me, and I spent a LOT of time converting for it. TONS.
And then I got a Kindle. And my time converting files went WAY down. Partially because the newspapers, magazines and books I wanted were already available at a reasonable cost. And partly because of MobiPocket Creator, and partly because of the email conversion service by Amazon.
ANYWAY... this still wasn't great. I use a Mac so using MobiPocket was a pain in the butt (as I had to open up Windows which is a frustrating process.) And even after converting a file there wasn't much I could do to it afterwards if the process didn't come out right. I could mess with the source a bit, but this was very time consuming.
But now... FINALLY... Calibre works on my Mac. Before this last week it crashed everytime I tried to use it. But now it works beautifully. I don't convert much inside of Calibre (except .lit files) but it sorts them out wonderfuly. But I did find a great use for it today.
After running something, say a PDF, through MobiPocket Creator and putting the new .mobi file into Calibre I convert it to .mobi AGAIN. This time I use the "remove extra lines between paragraphs" or something like that, that also creates an indent.
It converts them again, and I'm left with a MUCH more readable file.
So... in
SUMMARY:
- Convert file to .mobi using MobiPocket Creator (I use it as I get better results than going straight to Calibre and TOC's are very easy to make)
- Put file in Calibre
- Convert using Calibre
- Use setting "Remove Spacing Between Paragraphs" under "Look and Feel"
- Presto!