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mcgarvan · 05-12-2020, 12:48 PM

Hi,
I have a sony PRS 650. I recently purchased a book from Kobo, downloaded it as usual and loaded it into calibre with all my other books. When I sent it to my sony and tried reading it, everytime I tried, it rebooted the sony. No problem reading it in the calibre reader.
In the past I have had the occasional problem with my reader with epubs where the blocks of .xhtml text are too large for it to handle. You get it seizing up when reading after a few pages. The solution for that has been to convert the epub file to epub and modify the output so that the blocks of .xhtml text are split so that none are larger than 60kb.
While not exactly the same symptoms I tried that, despite the fact that none of the files in the original epub exceeded the 60kb limit. The only difference it made was that when I selected the book I could see the cover. If I tried moving to the next page then the book went blank and rebooted again.
I have now tried the converted book in a borrowed Nook Glowlight with no problems.
Can anyone suggest another approach or some way of identifying precisely what the problem is?

05-12-2020, 12:48 PM	#1
mcgarvan Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Scotland Device: Sony PRS-650	New epub makes ereader reboot when selected Hi, I have a sony PRS 650. I recently purchased a book from Kobo, downloaded it as usual and loaded it into calibre with all my other books. When I sent it to my sony and tried reading it, everytime I tried, it rebooted the sony. No problem reading it in the calibre reader. In the past I have had the occasional problem with my reader with epubs where the blocks of .xhtml text are too large for it to handle. You get it seizing up when reading after a few pages. The solution for that has been to convert the epub file to epub and modify the output so that the blocks of .xhtml text are split so that none are larger than 60kb. While not exactly the same symptoms I tried that, despite the fact that none of the files in the original epub exceeded the 60kb limit. The only difference it made was that when I selected the book I could see the cover. If I tried moving to the next page then the book went blank and rebooted again. I have now tried the converted book in a borrowed Nook Glowlight with no problems. Can anyone suggest another approach or some way of identifying precisely what the problem is?