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Originally Posted by Thorned Rose
(Sorry if this is the wrong forum, this issue could fit several but I figured help with formats and CSS made this one the best fit)
I bought an ebook from Amazon, the only place that seems to sell this book in digital format. I converted to kepub (and later tried epub) and sideloaded to my Kobo using Calibre. When I went to read it, all the pages (except the cover) are shifted down and to the right, cutting off some of the text at the right margin and bottom.
I used Calibre to edit the book and look at the styling. I see in the header meta tags, Kindle Kids’ Book Creator was used and every single page is actually a jpg set as a background image.
I used to be website developer so I foo foo'd with the CSS some but I cannot get it to centre the page on my Kobo 
What can I do to get it to display correctly? |
Well, really--you cannot. You're not reading an eBook; at best, you're reading a PDF. If it were me, given what you've said, you can take the jpgs, make a PDF, and then read that on your Kobo.
Your only other alternative is a nightmare; do the scan/ocr of each jpeg page; get the resulting text; proofread it, then when you have the entire book, you can make a proper eBook from it.
I don't know what type of moron would use KKBC, to make a regular book, but unfortunately, that's the boat in which you find yourself. There are idiots everywhere, and equally unfortunately, they will tell other people to use a program like KKBC, for a book like this. Idiotic, but...that's the reality.
As you bought it from Amazon, honestly--I'd return it and demand my money back and I would CERTAINLY complain about the utterly inappropriate formatting. With any luck, they'd require the publisher to fix the damned thing. Sorry--wish I had a better answer for you.
ETA: I wanted to add that oddly enough, I do not see this author's book available on Amazon, or any of her books in ebook format. That's quite peculiar.
Hitch