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gfoster · 02-26-2009, 04:52 PM

I just "inherited" an old Kindle 1 from someone who upgraded to a version 2. I've got a huge collection of ePub format books that I have been using Calibre with and loading on to my iPhone. Now I'd like to convert them to use them on the kindle.

I'm using the latest version of calibre (.141 I think it was, I just updated it today) and tried converting a handful of books before sending them to the device. Most converted "ok" (for some definitions of Ok) with one or two getting chopped up pretty badly. The ones that did convert "ok" had a huge left margin, about an inch and a half wide on the left side but were otherwise fine (full justification, well flowed, etc). I'd really like to get rid of that huge left margin if possible since it wastes about a third of my screen.

Any pointers on doing this? I'm using the from profile as "browser" and the to profile as "kindle" when I use the converter and am converting to mobi format. Any advice would sure be appreciated!

-- Gary F.

02-26-2009, 04:52 PM	#1
gfoster Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: iPhone	Calibre conversions for kindle I just "inherited" an old Kindle 1 from someone who upgraded to a version 2. I've got a huge collection of ePub format books that I have been using Calibre with and loading on to my iPhone. Now I'd like to convert them to use them on the kindle. I'm using the latest version of calibre (.141 I think it was, I just updated it today) and tried converting a handful of books before sending them to the device. Most converted "ok" (for some definitions of Ok) with one or two getting chopped up pretty badly. The ones that did convert "ok" had a huge left margin, about an inch and a half wide on the left side but were otherwise fine (full justification, well flowed, etc). I'd really like to get rid of that huge left margin if possible since it wastes about a third of my screen. Any pointers on doing this? I'm using the from profile as "browser" and the to profile as "kindle" when I use the converter and am converting to mobi format. Any advice would sure be appreciated! -- Gary F.