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JSWolf · 08-17-2011, 10:18 PM

It could also be that the Mobipocket is not being compressed. The problem is that the HTML code is bloated in Mobipocket due to it's inability to use CSS. So every line has to specify what the CSS would specify once.

08-17-2011, 10:18 PM	#6
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,015 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	It could also be that the Mobipocket is not being compressed. The problem is that the HTML code is bloated in Mobipocket due to it's inability to use CSS. So every line has to specify what the CSS would specify once. Last edited by JSWolf; 08-17-2011 at 10:21 PM.