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anacreon · 04-21-2018, 11:49 AM

I just bought a kindle book that looked ok on "look inside" and kindle for PC, but awful as azw4 on calibre (which I realized after converting to epub, and seeing how awful the epub was), something like a PDF converted savagely to epub for both azw4 and epub.
I tend to react first think afterwards, so I started with an outraged comment on Amazon, then asked for a return / refund, then tried to understand.
I then saw it was a "print replica" format, which I had never seen before. I saw it was a special format which doesn't even seem to be readable on the usual kindle ereaders but only the Fire tablets or android devices.
I'm sorry now I posted my comment before knowing that, I would just have said beware of the format, check that it is ok for you, but I don't see how I can modify it.
The kindle price is $28 but the epub price is outrageous : 82€ on ebook.de or ebooks.com, absent elsewhere, which is the hardcover price more or less, not even the paperback price ($35), so I would really like to be able to convert it, since I refuse to buy it at hardcover prices. Anybody has any idea how to do it?

04-21-2018, 11:49 AM	#1
anacreon Guru Posts: 978 Karma: 3475832 Join Date: May 2012 Location: France Device: Elipsa, Sage, Libra 2	"print replica": is there a way to convert it? I just bought a kindle book that looked ok on "look inside" and kindle for PC, but awful as azw4 on calibre (which I realized after converting to epub, and seeing how awful the epub was), something like a PDF converted savagely to epub for both azw4 and epub. I tend to react first think afterwards, so I started with an outraged comment on Amazon, then asked for a return / refund, then tried to understand. I then saw it was a "print replica" format, which I had never seen before. I saw it was a special format which doesn't even seem to be readable on the usual kindle ereaders but only the Fire tablets or android devices. I'm sorry now I posted my comment before knowing that, I would just have said beware of the format, check that it is ok for you, but I don't see how I can modify it. The kindle price is $28 but the epub price is outrageous : 82€ on ebook.de or ebooks.com, absent elsewhere, which is the hardcover price more or less, not even the paperback price ($35), so I would really like to be able to convert it, since I refuse to buy it at hardcover prices. Anybody has any idea how to do it?