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Originally Posted by JohnMGoodman
I need help. I published my wife's first book as a paperback a couple of months ago. Since then I have tried to convert it to an epub file using Calibre working on a .docx file created in Libre Office. The result is mostly right, but not quite what I need.
After I describe my problems, below, I'll suggest how I think I might best be helped--and I'd be happy to pay someone who gives me that help for their time and expertise.
I have no dedicated ebook reader. My only ways to view the epub are a free program on my Windows laptop or desktop or a different program on my Android cell phone. As a result, I'm not sure if the issues I've identified can be "fixed" nor if they will always be a problem on some viewers but not on others.
Specifically, my five issues are:
1) I want the paragraphs in the body copy to have a small first-line indent and have some space between paragraphs.
2) I use fonts to convey who is speaking at various points in the book; I want to embed those fonts so they'll show up correctly on at least many e-book readers.
3) Various headers are showing up without looking like headers. I'd like to insure they are bolded, centered, and perhaps slightly larger size than the surrounding text.
4) On my cell phone but not on my desktop some of the figures overlap the first one or two lines of text that follow them. This makes it hard to read that text.
5) I don't know if it is possible, but I'd like to have a "header" appear at the top of each screen to let the reader know what chapter they are in. That works fine in the paperback, but in the epub it seems not to show up at all, or the relevant header gets inserted somewhat randomly in the text.
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1. Paragraph space is not a good idea. It can take you out of the story.
2. If you need different fonts to show us who is speaking, then the book needs to be edited so you don't need different fonts.
3.
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h2 {
text-align: center;
text-indent: 0;
margin-top: 1em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
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4. Are these graphics of of text or are they something else?
5. See 3.