Using Calibre

Lambee5990 · 07-20-2011, 11:56 PM

I had the original Nook and converted a bunch of books using Calibre. I am looking at getting a Nook Color, would I be able to just add the books I already converted right to the Nook Color or would I have to ggo back and re-convert all of the books to fit the Nook Color screen??

user_none · 07-21-2011, 07:00 AM

If your books are text based (novels) then you shouldn't need to reconvert. The text in an EPUB file will reflow to accommodate different screen sizes. If these are comic books then you should reconvert to account for the differences in screen size.

Cait London · 07-22-2011, 03:56 PM

Calibre is updated to 8.11. I've used it for a long time w/no problems. Now-- My html looks great in the browser, but run thru Calibre to epub, it comes out with errors: . for an em dash, . for ... all usually punctuation, like ? for beginning ". What can I do?

Thank you.

Cait London · 07-22-2011, 03:58 PM

Sorry. I used Notepad to strip Word, then used CSS formatting, saving to title.html

kovidgoyal · 07-22-2011, 03:58 PM

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....r-smart-quotes

Cait London · 07-22-2011, 04:14 PM

The above question pertains to the books I've written, preparing for epub publishing, Nook, etc.

Adoby · 07-22-2011, 05:45 PM

Get Sigil, a very nice epub/html editor, and use that to create your epub. Then use Calibre to convert to different formats.

http://code.google.com/p/sigil/

(Also has a forum here on MobileRead)

HarryT · 07-23-2011, 08:30 AM

If em-dashes, curly-quotes, etc, are appearing as "?" in your book, that's a character encoding issue. You need to ensure that your book correctly specifies its encoding.

07-20-2011, 11:56 PM	#1
Lambee5990 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Nook	Using Calibre I had the original Nook and converted a bunch of books using Calibre. I am looking at getting a Nook Color, would I be able to just add the books I already converted right to the Nook Color or would I have to ggo back and re-convert all of the books to fit the Nook Color screen??

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07-21-2011, 07:00 AM	#2
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	If your books are text based (novels) then you shouldn't need to reconvert. The text in an EPUB file will reflow to accommodate different screen sizes. If these are comic books then you should reconvert to account for the differences in screen size.

07-22-2011, 03:56 PM	#3
Cait London Cait London Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: none	Calibre is updated to 8.11. I've used it for a long time w/no problems. Now-- My html looks great in the browser, but run thru Calibre to epub, it comes out with errors: . for an em dash, . for ... all usually punctuation, like ? for beginning ". What can I do? Thank you.

07-22-2011, 03:58 PM	#4
Cait London Cait London Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: none	Sorry. I used Notepad to strip Word, then used CSS formatting, saving to title.html

07-22-2011, 03:58 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,242 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....r-smart-quotes

07-22-2011, 04:14 PM	#6
Cait London Cait London Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: none	The above question pertains to the books I've written, preparing for epub publishing, Nook, etc.

07-22-2011, 05:45 PM	#7
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,737 Karma: 26785684 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra	Get Sigil, a very nice epub/html editor, and use that to create your epub. Then use Calibre to convert to different formats. http://code.google.com/p/sigil/ (Also has a forum here on MobileRead)

07-23-2011, 08:30 AM	#8
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	If em-dashes, curly-quotes, etc, are appearing as "?" in your book, that's a character encoding issue. You need to ensure that your book correctly specifies its encoding.

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