ebook-convert and mobipocket tags

bobb40 · 08-31-2011, 05:52 AM

From CLI, I get good results converting text to epub. From the same text I convert to mobi, but mobi ignores CSS (text-decoration: none), so links are underlined horribly. I read that mobipocket tag <mbp:nu> should prevent underline, but when I tried to use it I found that ebook-convert was dropping the "mbp:" and producing an "<nu>" tag in the mobi html, and the Kindle carried on underlining. Is there a way of using such non-html tags with ebook-convert?

HarryT · 08-31-2011, 05:54 AM

If your links are not underlined, how does the user know that they are links? I'd certainly want (and expect) to see underlined hyperlinks in a Mobi book.

08-31-2011, 05:52 AM	#1
bobb40 Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 274 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle3, Kindle4, KoboGlo	ebook-convert and mobipocket tags From CLI, I get good results converting text to epub. From the same text I convert to mobi, but mobi ignores CSS (text-decoration: none), so links are underlined horribly. I read that mobipocket tag <mbp:nu> should prevent underline, but when I tried to use it I found that ebook-convert was dropping the "mbp:" and producing an "<nu>" tag in the mobi html, and the Kindle carried on underlining. Is there a way of using such non-html tags with ebook-convert?

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08-31-2011, 05:54 AM	#2
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 your links are not underlined, how does the user know that they are links? I'd certainly want (and expect) to see underlined hyperlinks in a Mobi book.

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