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pholy · 09-05-2009, 01:48 PM

Yes, I downloaded the epub file. As I said, I ran it through Sigil, because it "cleans up" a file - presumably by re-encoding it in UTF-8 - but that didn't work. I also loaded it into my Calibre library, and then exported it, but no change until I exported it as a mobi file. That removed all the &xxx; stuff - looks perfect now. Now I will get back to reading it! I hated to put it down, but those &xxx; things just spoiled the flow. --- Oh, it wasn't just the smart quotes, apostrophes showed up - ’ — … “ ” -- those are from the first chapter. These are valid HTML 4 names, but apparently you do have to call out the correct DTD in your HTML header - see the Wikipoedia : List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references. Of course, I'm not sure that the BeBook would recognise them even then.
Hope this helps, I want to go back to reading now.

09-05-2009, 01:48 PM	#58
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	Yes, I downloaded the epub file. As I said, I ran it through Sigil, because it "cleans up" a file - presumably by re-encoding it in UTF-8 - but that didn't work. I also loaded it into my Calibre library, and then exported it, but no change until I exported it as a mobi file. That removed all the &xxx; stuff - looks perfect now. Now I will get back to reading it! I hated to put it down, but those &xxx; things just spoiled the flow. --- Oh, it wasn't just the smart quotes, apostrophes showed up - ’ — … “ ” -- those are from the first chapter. These are valid HTML 4 names, but apparently you do have to call out the correct DTD in your HTML header - see the Wikipoedia : List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references. Of course, I'm not sure that the BeBook would recognise them even then. Hope this helps, I want to go back to reading now.