Can you embolden Mobi files directly?

slm · 01-20-2011, 01:52 PM

I have been using Calibre to convert mobi files to epub files with extra css to make the text bold. Then I convert the epub file back to mobi, again using Calibre.

Voila! bold mobi files. I find these much easier to read on the Kindle.

I'm wondering whether there a simpler--one step--way to accomplish this. I know mobi format doesn't read css files but Calibre seems to use the epub css in converting mobi.

Any ideas?

user_none · 01-20-2011, 02:03 PM

You can convert from Mobi to Mobi. The extra css will work in this case too. Internally calibre converts all formats to OEB (what's inside of an EPUB) then converts to the selected output formt.

slm · 01-20-2011, 02:40 PM

Thanks.
(I think I just assumed that extra-css was purely an epub thing.
Not smart to "just assume.")

01-20-2011, 01:52 PM	#1
slm Fool Posts: 468 Karma: 4113712 Join Date: Feb 2003 Device: Kindle: Voyage,PW1,KOA, Kobo: Clara Colour, Nook GLP, Pocketbook verse	Can you embolden Mobi files directly? I have been using Calibre to convert mobi files to epub files with extra css to make the text bold. Then I convert the epub file back to mobi, again using Calibre. Voila! bold mobi files. I find these much easier to read on the Kindle. I'm wondering whether there a simpler--one step--way to accomplish this. I know mobi format doesn't read css files but Calibre seems to use the epub css in converting mobi. Any ideas?

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01-20-2011, 02:03 PM	#2
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	You can convert from Mobi to Mobi. The extra css will work in this case too. Internally calibre converts all formats to OEB (what's inside of an EPUB) then converts to the selected output formt.

01-20-2011, 02:40 PM	#3
slm Fool Posts: 468 Karma: 4113712 Join Date: Feb 2003 Device: Kindle: Voyage,PW1,KOA, Kobo: Clara Colour, Nook GLP, Pocketbook verse	Thanks. (I think I just assumed that extra-css was purely an epub thing. Not smart to "just assume.")

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