[Dave_S]

Originally Posted by Solicitous

Thanks for the info. BTW I am using the Astak March firmware. I did put in a fb2.css file into the crengine folder which did specify the strong /strong tags, however my page turns took 4-5 seconds each, when I deleted the fb2.css my page turns went back to normal (fraction of a second).

I am currently using the experimental Lbook firmware, but that should not make any difference since both Astak and Lbook firmware are using CoolReader 3 with identical CSS support. I do not have any explanation for why your page turns are taking so long with the use of those "strong" tags for chapter titles. I think that the FB2 Schema seems to indicate that "title" tags be used for chapter identification though, and "strong" tags be used for emphasis within a paragraph or sentence.

Originally Posted by Solicitous

I had a look through the bugs for Calibre and someone pointed out the incorrect usage of tags, however this issue apparently isn't planned on being fixed in Calibre.

IMHO, it is really a shame that Calibre still does not follow the FB2 Schema properly when it outputs FB2 novels.

Originally Posted by Solicitous

So I have two options, (1) write a fb2.css specifying ONLY the tags used by Calibre in the fb2 output in the hope of fixing the page turn issue, or (2) forget using Calibre right now for fb2 conversion. Sad thing is, Calibre is really nice in being able to perform a bulk convert from epub to fb2 without much hassle (especially good when converting 100+ files).

Since Calibre does not seem to be following the FB2 Schema in generating FB2 files you may have considerable difficulty with option #1. I can sure see that a mass conversion capability does have it's attractions though. My process is to buy books in whatever format I can get them in and then convert them to FB2 immediately. For books that I previously purchased and want to re-read, I convert them before reading at the time I want to read them. All my older books are in eReader or MobiPocket format, since I have been reading novels on my PDA devices for quite a few years.

Originally Posted by Solicitous

What software do you use for your fb2 creation??

I use BookDesigner 5.0 mostly, but I am beginning to use OOoFBTools more as I get more experience with it. I think that both of them produce files that will pass the FB2 Validator, and follow the FB2 Schema correctly. IF I use Calibre in the conversion process, I have Calibre output an RTF file for input to my FB2 software.

Originally Posted by Solicitous

I found rtf works a treat (other than no line space between the end of a chapter and the chapter title following).

Isn't it possible to fix that in the rtf.css file in the /crengine folder? I really do not know, since I have never put an RTF file on my reader. I mainly use RTF as an intermediate format in my conversion process.