Inserting right margin

Stef13 · 05-17-2014, 05:44 AM

I scratched my screen on Icarus 8'', and 1'' on the right side has lines, and it is not usable any more.
I was wondering if there is possibility to put right margin setting on the epub file itself, and to continue using the rest of the screen.

AlexBell · 05-18-2014, 07:12 PM

Good morning, Stef18, and welcome to MobileRead.

I don't know the Icarus 8", but if it reads ePub ebooks then the short answer is yes, there are ways of adjusting margins. The longer answer is that that one needs to know what one is doing. One would have to open up the epub file and alter the CSS file. If your ereader does read ePub then you might like to enquire in the ePub forum about how you could go about this.

If the Icarus ereader reads mobi or azw3 files then it might still be possible - I just don't know - so perhaps you could enquire in the mobi forum.

And of course either way you would have to learn how to cleanse any DRM'd files. We are not allowed to talk about that on the forum, but Apprentice Alf would be happy to help.

Manabi · 05-18-2014, 07:57 PM

Calibre should be able to do what you need, I just looked in the conversion stuff and you can set margins (all of them) when converting. The option is under "Page Setup" in the conversion dialog. You'd just need to create a custom output profile with the right margin set much higher than normal. Since you can run a conversion to the same format the book's already in, this would work great.

As AlexBell mentions, you'd have to deal with DRM first (if the books are DRM'd), but past that Calibre should handle everything and make it a lot simpler. Once you have the profile settings figured out, you can reuse it over and over again.

theducks · 05-18-2014, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stef13

I scratched my screen on Icarus 8'', and 1'' on the right side has lines, and it is not usable any more.
I was wondering if there is possibility to put right margin setting on the epub file itself, and to continue using the rest of the screen.

There is a free tool from the folk make Atlantis WP:tweak epub that will Explode the EPUB so you can edit the CSS (or HTML) and then re-assemble a proper EPUB. No pain.
Orr you can use Sigil or Calibres: ebook-editor to do the deed.

In all cases, you do need to know HTML and CSS (EPUB 2 rules)

DoctorOhh · 05-19-2014, 04:39 AM

Many epub reading apps have the ability to alter the margins somewhere within the settings of the reading app.

05-17-2014, 05:44 AM	#1
Stef13 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: Icarus 8	Inserting right margin I scratched my screen on Icarus 8'', and 1'' on the right side has lines, and it is not usable any more. I was wondering if there is possibility to put right margin setting on the epub file itself, and to continue using the rest of the screen.

05-18-2014, 07:12 PM	#2
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	Good morning, Stef18, and welcome to MobileRead. I don't know the Icarus 8", but if it reads ePub ebooks then the short answer is yes, there are ways of adjusting margins. The longer answer is that that one needs to know what one is doing. One would have to open up the epub file and alter the CSS file. If your ereader does read ePub then you might like to enquire in the ePub forum about how you could go about this. If the Icarus ereader reads mobi or azw3 files then it might still be possible - I just don't know - so perhaps you could enquire in the mobi forum. And of course either way you would have to learn how to cleanse any DRM'd files. We are not allowed to talk about that on the forum, but Apprentice Alf would be happy to help. Last edited by AlexBell; 05-19-2014 at 02:01 AM. Reason: Dumb mistake in first version

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05-18-2014, 07:57 PM	#3
Manabi Wizard Posts: 1,381 Karma: 18452059 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Paperwhite, Galaxy S22	Calibre should be able to do what you need, I just looked in the conversion stuff and you can set margins (all of them) when converting. The option is under "Page Setup" in the conversion dialog. You'd just need to create a custom output profile with the right margin set much higher than normal. Since you can run a conversion to the same format the book's already in, this would work great. As AlexBell mentions, you'd have to deal with DRM first (if the books are DRM'd), but past that Calibre should handle everything and make it a lot simpler. Once you have the profile settings figured out, you can reuse it over and over again.

05-19-2014, 04:39 AM	#5
DoctorOhh US Navy, Retired Posts: 9,890 Karma: 13806776 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Icarus Illumina XL HD, Kindle PaperWhite SE 11th Gen	Many epub reading apps have the ability to alter the margins somewhere within the settings of the reading app.

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