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Originally Posted by phossler
Well, if there a lot of very finicky formatting, I tweak the font sizes, spacings, replace the font, etc. and just live with it
Otherwise, I nuke the original CSSs, insert my preferred CSS and fonts, and then F&R using my SSs, and the Editor tools to clean it good enough for my Kindle
The important thing is that I'm the only customer that I need to please
Many of the PD books I get have been run through Calibre multiple times and have 4-5 TOCs at the back, too many class="calibre_xx" that offer no discernable difference to my Kindle, and wierd chapter/file splits
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I'm with you. I used to edit the provided CSS but too often the CSS is too wacky; for example, sometimes they use different CSS for each chapter. The downside to my setup is that I loose the chapter formatting when they don't use H tags. Or the chapter title is in a separate file and they're doing something (which I've never bothered to figure out) to glue that file together with its chapter so it's not a separate page. But I'm there for the words, so I can live with it. For me it's all about my beloved ragged right margin, a consistent font size, consistent paragraph indents, and consistent line spacing.