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LordP · 12-17-2024, 08:54 AM

So my usual routine is to convert epub to epub, polish the books and then transfer to my Clara BW using Calibre.

I did this for Lord Peter Views the Body - Dorothy L. Sayers which I got from Project Gutenberg.

The problem is that somehow spaces disappear from a sentence, specifically between a word and an italicized word, like this: worryme, this seems to be true for the whole book. Other times I get things like this: andMartin, or Burdockcame, or amusement;but (no space).

It is very irritating.

What I've done is NOT cover epub to epub, and NOT polish the book, and I still get all this nonsense when I transfer using Calibre and Kobo Touch.

Another thing I've done is to simply drag the file to the Clara and the problems disappear; this is the downloaded file without using Calibre at all.

The file is called: pg73295-images-3

And at the Guttenberg website it is this one: EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle)

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73295

Anyone have some ideas? Thanks.

EDIT: One further point, if I convert epub to epub and also use Polish Books, the file seems clean when I read using the Calibre reader - I'm assuming that the file is OK until transferred.

12-17-2024, 08:54 AM	#1
LordP Groupie Posts: 191 Karma: 1341124 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Kobo Touch Issue? Not sure So my usual routine is to convert epub to epub, polish the books and then transfer to my Clara BW using Calibre. I did this for Lord Peter Views the Body - Dorothy L. Sayers which I got from Project Gutenberg. The problem is that somehow spaces disappear from a sentence, specifically between a word and an italicized word, like this: worryme, this seems to be true for the whole book. Other times I get things like this: andMartin, or Burdockcame, or amusement;but (no space). It is very irritating. What I've done is NOT cover epub to epub, and NOT polish the book, and I still get all this nonsense when I transfer using Calibre and Kobo Touch. Another thing I've done is to simply drag the file to the Clara and the problems disappear; this is the downloaded file without using Calibre at all. The file is called: pg73295-images-3 And at the Guttenberg website it is this one: EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73295 Anyone have some ideas? Thanks. EDIT: One further point, if I convert epub to epub and also use Polish Books, the file seems clean when I read using the Calibre reader - I'm assuming that the file is OK until transferred. Last edited by LordP; 12-17-2024 at 09:15 AM.