Help: fixed-layout epub problem

Ready2 · 08-07-2019, 12:26 PM

Hello,

I have a problem I would like to ask the forum's help for.

I have bought several ebooks from google book store that are in epub format (at least that is the only version I can download them) but they seem to contain only images. Now when I read it on a phone I can pinch zoom into them but I couldn't find any epub viewer for windows that allows for zooming in and the text are too small for me to read this way.

I tried to convert these epubs into pdf (after successfully removing the drm) but the end result is weird: every other page is displayed as part of the next page in the corner shrank down.

Example:

https://postimg.cc/gallery/2dh48n5vo/

Can anyone help me either by recommending an epub viewer with which I can zoom in on the pages OR a way to properly convert these epub files into a format that I can zoom in. (pdf? cbz?)

Thank you.

Ready2 · 08-09-2019, 06:47 AM

Guess noone can help.

I did find a workaround if anyone has similar problems:

Converted the epub into zip with Calibre then got the jpg-s from the zip, sorted them properly and compressed just the images into a zip. Then renamed extension to cbz and used an online converter to convert the cbz into pdf.

The only problem is that somehow the quality got worse a bit but that's the best I could do...

Turtle91 · 08-09-2019, 01:03 PM

You don't need to use calibre to convert .ePub to .zip, ePub IS a zipped file with just a different extension. Just change the filename extension to .zip and open with your favorite software.

PDF is definitely not what I would consider a good reading medium...it's just one that's been around a long time and is widely used... You could just use an app that natively reads cbz instead of converting to pdf.

Ready2 · 08-09-2019, 01:14 PM

Thanks didn't know epub was also a zip.

Yeah I'm reading it with a cbz viewer on windows. Too bad I can't read it on my paperwhite tho as I don't know a way to read cbz on it.

JSWolf · 08-13-2019, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ready2

Thanks didn't know epub was also a zip.

Yeah I'm reading it with a cbz viewer on windows. Too bad I can't read it on my paperwhite tho as I don't know a way to read cbz on it.

Load the ePub into Calibre (do not ZIP the ePub) and convert to AZW3. Then you can try to read it on your Paperwhite.

08-07-2019, 12:26 PM	#1
Ready2 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2019 Device: Kindle paperwhite	Help: fixed-layout epub problem Hello, I have a problem I would like to ask the forum's help for. I have bought several ebooks from google book store that are in epub format (at least that is the only version I can download them) but they seem to contain only images. Now when I read it on a phone I can pinch zoom into them but I couldn't find any epub viewer for windows that allows for zooming in and the text are too small for me to read this way. I tried to convert these epubs into pdf (after successfully removing the drm) but the end result is weird: every other page is displayed as part of the next page in the corner shrank down. Example: https://postimg.cc/gallery/2dh48n5vo/ Can anyone help me either by recommending an epub viewer with which I can zoom in on the pages OR a way to properly convert these epub files into a format that I can zoom in. (pdf? cbz?) Thank you.

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08-09-2019, 06:47 AM	#2
Ready2 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2019 Device: Kindle paperwhite	Guess noone can help. I did find a workaround if anyone has similar problems: Converted the epub into zip with Calibre then got the jpg-s from the zip, sorted them properly and compressed just the images into a zip. Then renamed extension to cbz and used an online converter to convert the cbz into pdf. The only problem is that somehow the quality got worse a bit but that's the best I could do...

08-09-2019, 01:03 PM	#3
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,347 Karma: 20171571 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	You don't need to use calibre to convert .ePub to .zip, ePub IS a zipped file with just a different extension. Just change the filename extension to .zip and open with your favorite software. PDF is definitely not what I would consider a good reading medium...it's just one that's been around a long time and is widely used... You could just use an app that natively reads cbz instead of converting to pdf.

08-09-2019, 01:14 PM	#4
Ready2 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2019 Device: Kindle paperwhite	Thanks didn't know epub was also a zip. Yeah I'm reading it with a cbz viewer on windows. Too bad I can't read it on my paperwhite tho as I don't know a way to read cbz on it.

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