Thread: Why does the file size get reduced so much?
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Old 04-27-2013, 06:09 AM   #1
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Why does the file size get reduced so much?
I have a 32MB Retail mobi. It has no chapter markers, so I was gonna convert it in Calibre and add them in the process. It worked fine, but the resulting mobi was only 8MB!

To be sure I wasn't losing anything/quality, etc, I started with the source file again (32MB) and this time in Calibre I used the following settings, in an effort to keep as close to the original as possible:

Disable font size rescaling (On)
Keep ligatures (On)
Remove first image (Off)
Remove fake margins (Off)
Do Not Convert All Images to jpeg (On)
Disable Compression of file contents (On)

But STILL the outputted mobi is 8MB!

What's happening?

Thanks
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