ePub to Kindle via Calibre issue

fmoses · 11-28-2010, 06:20 PM

Hello,

I do not own a Kindle (or any other eReader yet, except an iPhone). I am interested in the Kindle but loading my own content is critical. I have a Mac and Pages now supports ePub on export and this makes creating ePubs of my content very easy. So, I had a Kindle DX White (not current generation) to play with for a few days to see how I could get content onto it. Not a happy story until I found Calibre. Then loading ePubs created in Pages, sent to Calibre, and converted on the fly when loading onto the Kindle worked remarkably well... except for one thing: the Kindle was not recognizing the words and was splitting words at ends of lines. All else worked, the TOC, cover graphics, etc... except for this. Unfortunately I discovered this just before I no longer had access to the Kindle. So, I am wondering if anyone else out there who has a Kindle has had success with creating ePubs in Pages and then converting them in Calibre and loading them onto the Kindle. This would be an acceptable solution to Kindle not reading the ePubs natively and I would likely buy a Kindle 3 if this was known to work properly. Perhaps my problem was unusual and if I had had more time I might have found out what was wrong. Any ideas out there?

I realize another solution is to skip the Kindle and just buy a Sony Reader. I have played with both in the store and like the Kindle a bit better I think. But, for the ePub support that might be the way I go. Thing is, I do want to buy content as well, and the Kindle Store has more of what I want than Sony does... so, there are advantages to Kindle for me as well.

Thanks in advance for any advice on the ePub conversion question I have.

Manichean · 11-29-2010, 04:53 AM

You know, creating one thread on this might have been enough, I believe.

fmoses · 12-03-2010, 11:43 AM

Sorry for the double post. I meant to post it here originally, since it is a Calibre issue, but somehow got distracted while writing it and didn't. Then I posted it here and realized I was not sure how to delete the other thread... sorry.

11-28-2010, 06:20 PM	#1
fmoses Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: none	ePub to Kindle via Calibre issue Hello, I do not own a Kindle (or any other eReader yet, except an iPhone). I am interested in the Kindle but loading my own content is critical. I have a Mac and Pages now supports ePub on export and this makes creating ePubs of my content very easy. So, I had a Kindle DX White (not current generation) to play with for a few days to see how I could get content onto it. Not a happy story until I found Calibre. Then loading ePubs created in Pages, sent to Calibre, and converted on the fly when loading onto the Kindle worked remarkably well... except for one thing: the Kindle was not recognizing the words and was splitting words at ends of lines. All else worked, the TOC, cover graphics, etc... except for this. Unfortunately I discovered this just before I no longer had access to the Kindle. So, I am wondering if anyone else out there who has a Kindle has had success with creating ePubs in Pages and then converting them in Calibre and loading them onto the Kindle. This would be an acceptable solution to Kindle not reading the ePubs natively and I would likely buy a Kindle 3 if this was known to work properly. Perhaps my problem was unusual and if I had had more time I might have found out what was wrong. Any ideas out there? I realize another solution is to skip the Kindle and just buy a Sony Reader. I have played with both in the store and like the Kindle a bit better I think. But, for the ePub support that might be the way I go. Thing is, I do want to buy content as well, and the Kindle Store has more of what I want than Sony does... so, there are advantages to Kindle for me as well. Thanks in advance for any advice on the ePub conversion question I have.

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11-29-2010, 04:53 AM	#2
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	You know, creating one thread on this might have been enough, I believe.

12-03-2010, 11:43 AM	#3
fmoses Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: none	Sorry for the double post. I meant to post it here originally, since it is a Calibre issue, but somehow got distracted while writing it and didn't. Then I posted it here and realized I was not sure how to delete the other thread... sorry.

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