New to calibre, a few problems with conversion

nazala · 04-28-2019, 02:36 PM

Hi everyone. I'm new to calibre and when I try to convert epub to mobi I have a few problems:

1) When a word is too long to fit in the line, it would just go down to the next line instead of being split with an hyphen. Can it be solved? It is also the case when some lines are spaced weirdly.

2) The cover don't appear in library mode

3) I can't see the page I'm in, only the location

can someone help me with it? Thanks

theducks · 04-28-2019, 02:55 PM

Why Mobi, that is so old school. AZW3 offers all the power of EPUB2.

there is a plugin called hyphenate this that might help

Pages! ebooks have screens of various size and variable sized text.
% of a section is more meaningful than how many forward taps you did
One of the features of my K4, was the progress bar at the bottom. The dots were the 'chapter' entry points. the arrowhead, the point you started the current book view session at.

rashkae · 05-11-2019, 04:20 PM

1) The kindle doesn't hyphenate Mobi or AZW3 books on its own. Hyphenate this plugin can let you work around this limitation for azw3 (I don't know if it will work with mobi, haven't used mobi in a decade.)

2 and 3) You need to use Calibre to send your books to your kindle (over USB). With the Kindle pllugged in, you can click the drop down arrow next to "Device" Icon, and select "Configure this device". From there, be sure to check on "Send Page Number Information when Sending Book."

04-28-2019, 02:36 PM	#1
nazala Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2019 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	New to calibre, a few problems with conversion Hi everyone. I'm new to calibre and when I try to convert epub to mobi I have a few problems: 1) When a word is too long to fit in the line, it would just go down to the next line instead of being split with an hyphen. Can it be solved? It is also the case when some lines are spaced weirdly. 2) The cover don't appear in library mode 3) I can't see the page I'm in, only the location can someone help me with it? Thanks

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04-28-2019, 02:55 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,068 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Why Mobi, that is so old school. AZW3 offers all the power of EPUB2. there is a plugin called hyphenate this that might help Pages! ebooks have screens of various size and variable sized text. % of a section is more meaningful than how many forward taps you did One of the features of my K4, was the progress bar at the bottom. The dots were the 'chapter' entry points. the arrowhead, the point you started the current book view session at.

05-11-2019, 04:20 PM	#3
rashkae Wizard Posts: 1,274 Karma: 5935030 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Aura HD	1) The kindle doesn't hyphenate Mobi or AZW3 books on its own. Hyphenate this plugin can let you work around this limitation for azw3 (I don't know if it will work with mobi, haven't used mobi in a decade.) 2 and 3) You need to use Calibre to send your books to your kindle (over USB). With the Kindle pllugged in, you can click the drop down arrow next to "Device" Icon, and select "Configure this device". From there, be sure to check on "Send Page Number Information when Sending Book."

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