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Old 10-13-2009, 09:14 PM   #1
gt_undergrad
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Weird Calibre Bugs

I have discovered some weird mistakes Calibre makes when it converts an HTML file to a MOBI file (Kindle). I don't know whether it is just my machine or you all have the same problem. Perhaps you can try.

(BUG 1) When you have something like Xxxx Street or Xxxx Boulevard or Xxxx Drive or Xxxx Highway. It creates a line break so the street name becomes a separate line in italic. See the example I have below.

Interestingly, if you have "... the Xxxx Highway ..." this does not occur.

(BUG 2) When you have two Capitalized words like Lake Huron or Dade County, the conversion makes it into a single word (LakeHuron, DadeCounty).

Please try it yourself. Here is a paragraph to try:

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I’m living at 1924 Wilkenson Street. This is a good place, which is next to Highland Boulevard. Yes it may not be so convenient to go to Johnson Drive. But it is very close to Buford Highway.

I live very close to Lake Jesup. It is a great fishing lake in the Harrison County.

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Paste it in Word, and save it as a webpage. Send it to Calibre to convert to mobi (assuming you have a Kindle). You'll see what I mean. Here is what the converted text looks like:

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I’m living at
1924 Wilkenson Street
. This is a good place, which is next to
Highland Boulevard
. Yes it may not be so convenient to go to
Johnson Drive
. But it is very close to
Buford Highway
.

I live very close to LakeJesup. It is a great fishing lake in the HarrisonCounty. This is a very middle class county.
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Thanks,
GT
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