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Papa John · 06-25-2011, 09:51 AM

Hello all. I am new to the forum.

Quick background: Mac user; Kindle (3rd gen.) user; Calibre user. I also have Kindle for Mac to get some idea of how the Mobi's will look on the Kindle.

I have been using Apple's Pages to convert documents to ePubs, and then I import them to Calibre for conversion to Mobi files that I can upload to the Kindle. The problem has to do with line breaks. On the Kindle, the resulting Mobi files are very messy, with words breaking up at the end of lines (I don't think Kindle "does" hyphens) and continuing on the next line.

If I open the mobi file in Calibre's e-book viewer the lines run on and on, sometimes with 5 whole sentences on one lines, so that you have to scroll a long way to the right to read the whole line.

My html skills are nil, so I am hoping this is a simple fix. I have a lot of public domain documents that I would like to have on my Kindle and to share, but they are too messy at this point. Any help is appreciated.

06-25-2011, 09:51 AM	#1
Papa John Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	conversion trouble ePub to mobi Hello all. I am new to the forum. Quick background: Mac user; Kindle (3rd gen.) user; Calibre user. I also have Kindle for Mac to get some idea of how the Mobi's will look on the Kindle. I have been using Apple's Pages to convert documents to ePubs, and then I import them to Calibre for conversion to Mobi files that I can upload to the Kindle. The problem has to do with line breaks. On the Kindle, the resulting Mobi files are very messy, with words breaking up at the end of lines (I don't think Kindle "does" hyphens) and continuing on the next line. If I open the mobi file in Calibre's e-book viewer the lines run on and on, sometimes with 5 whole sentences on one lines, so that you have to scroll a long way to the right to read the whole line. My html skills are nil, so I am hoping this is a simple fix. I have a lot of public domain documents that I would like to have on my Kindle and to share, but they are too messy at this point. Any help is appreciated.