EPUB to RTF w/out paragraph breaks

arslonga · 02-06-2012, 04:00 AM

Cross-posted from the general forum, let´s see if I am luckier among this forum´s readers.

Dear Forumites,

When trying to convert some ebooks from epub to rtf, the output rtf files do not preserve paragraph breaks. Surprised, I viewed the epub source and found out that paragraphs are tagged as follows:

<div class="paragraph">Blah blah blah.</div>
<div class="paragraph">More text here.</div>
and so on.

However, the funny thing is that, if I convert the epub file to mobi first, and then this mobi file to rtf, paragraph breaks are neatly kept. Any help from seasoned users?

kovidgoyal · 02-06-2012, 04:35 AM

The RTF output plugin probably doesn't convert <divs> to paragraphs, while the MOBI output plugin does. The RTF output isn't very actively maintained, so this is unlikely to get fixed.

HarryT · 02-06-2012, 04:40 AM

Mobi works just fine with "<div>" rather than "<p>" as a paragraph marker. The tool that I use to create all my books (BookDesigner) uses divs, so that's what all my eBooks have.

02-06-2012, 04:00 AM	#1
arslonga Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	EPUB to RTF w/out paragraph breaks Cross-posted from the general forum, let´s see if I am luckier among this forum´s readers. Dear Forumites, When trying to convert some ebooks from epub to rtf, the output rtf files do not preserve paragraph breaks. Surprised, I viewed the epub source and found out that paragraphs are tagged as follows: <div class="paragraph">Blah blah blah.</div> <div class="paragraph">More text here.</div> and so on. However, the funny thing is that, if I convert the epub file to mobi first, and then this mobi file to rtf, paragraph breaks are neatly kept. Any help from seasoned users?

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02-06-2012, 04:35 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,271 Karma: 27111060 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The RTF output plugin probably doesn't convert <divs> to paragraphs, while the MOBI output plugin does. The RTF output isn't very actively maintained, so this is unlikely to get fixed.

02-06-2012, 04:40 AM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Mobi works just fine with "<div>" rather than "<p>" as a paragraph marker. The tool that I use to create all my books (BookDesigner) uses divs, so that's what all my eBooks have.

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