Any way to decrease the page margin when viewed in iBooks?

Quuzuu · 12-18-2020, 01:18 PM

I like to view ePubs in the iBooks app on my iPhone. One thing that bothers me is the left and right page margin is quite big, which means a considerable amount of precious space on iPhone's narrow screen is wasted.

I tried to change the css for the html body by something like this:

.calibre1 {
margin: 0 -10pt;
}

(.calibre1 is the html body)

And it does work in calibre's built-in reader, but it seems to have no effect when I open the epub in iBooks.

Any ideas?

kovidgoyal · 12-18-2020, 09:12 PM

Page margins are defined in page_styles.css or just do an epub and to pub conversion and adjust the margins in the page layout section of the conversion dialog. Although given this is Apple software, the good lord only knows if it will actually respect the margin settings or if Apple believes big margins are good for peasants.

JSWolf · 12-19-2020, 05:28 PM

Apple likes overly large margins even on an iPhone. This is why I don't use Books (no longer iBooks).

12-18-2020, 01:18 PM	#1
Quuzuu Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2020 Device: Kindle iOS App	Any way to decrease the page margin when viewed in iBooks? I like to view ePubs in the iBooks app on my iPhone. One thing that bothers me is the left and right page margin is quite big, which means a considerable amount of precious space on iPhone's narrow screen is wasted. I tried to change the css for the html body by something like this: .calibre1 { margin: 0 -10pt; } (.calibre1 is the html body) And it does work in calibre's built-in reader, but it seems to have no effect when I open the epub in iBooks. Any ideas?

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12-18-2020, 09:12 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Page margins are defined in page_styles.css or just do an epub and to pub conversion and adjust the margins in the page layout section of the conversion dialog. Although given this is Apple software, the good lord only knows if it will actually respect the margin settings or if Apple believes big margins are good for peasants.

12-19-2020, 05:28 PM	#3
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,743 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Apple likes overly large margins even on an iPhone. This is why I don't use Books (no longer iBooks).

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