Coversion from EPUB breaks formatting

surg · 01-27-2022, 02:06 AM

Hi All,
I ran across format issues when converting some books for my kids Kindle Paperwhite 2021. Books with lots of pictures, I mainly convert from EPUB to AZW3 or PDF. Some books come out great and some completely unusable.

Image 1 shows EPUB sample in Calibre viewer. Notice how text and images overlap. When I expand the viewer, everything begins to look normal as shown on image 2. After conversion is done from EPUB to any format, AZW3, PDF or even EPUB again, all the font appears to be shrunk to a tiny size - image 3.

I've tried different versions of Calibre from from 4.23 to 5.35, a few different options in the app but with no luck.

Thanks in advance!

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kovidgoyal · 01-27-2022, 02:15 AM

this will be a fixed layout epub these are not supported in calibre.

surg · 01-27-2022, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

this will be a fixed layout epub these are not supported in calibre.

Are there any workarounds? I noticed that books that do convert correctly of the same type and series, have their text and images converted into .jpg, which is then reference from .html pages.

If not, any plans to add support for fixed layout epub?

Thank you!

01-27-2022, 02:06 AM	#1
surg Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2022 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2021	Coversion from EPUB breaks formatting Hi All, I ran across format issues when converting some books for my kids Kindle Paperwhite 2021. Books with lots of pictures, I mainly convert from EPUB to AZW3 or PDF. Some books come out great and some completely unusable. Image 1 shows EPUB sample in Calibre viewer. Notice how text and images overlap. When I expand the viewer, everything begins to look normal as shown on image 2. After conversion is done from EPUB to any format, AZW3, PDF or even EPUB again, all the font appears to be shrunk to a tiny size - image 3. I've tried different versions of Calibre from from 4.23 to 5.35, a few different options in the app but with no luck. Thanks in advance! image 1 image 2 image 3

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01-27-2022, 02:15 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,664 Karma: 28549046 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	this will be a fixed layout epub these are not supported in calibre.

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