Recommended settings/plugins for converting to KFX?

[SuperDerpBro]

I really enjoy Kindle's enhanced typesetting. I mostly buy books from Amazon. The ones I've bought in epub I don't feel like buying again. For example, I purchased (years ago) the Dragonlance Legends books in epub. I want to read them soon, but really don't want to spend the $30 to buy them again.

Been googling around and I see people talking about adding x-ray and word wise. I've installed the KFX output plugin and have been playing around with it. Just wondering if there is anyone out there that has a good "work flow" for running a book through Calibre with the "best" plugins/settings. With the goal of making as close to a retail Amazon book as possible.

Cheers

[SuperDerpBro]

Did a conversion today and some of the pictures in the book have a caption under them. Some of these captions get bumped to the next page. That next page is either a blank page (with just the caption) or the caption and then the next chapter under it.

How do I avoid this?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by SuperDerpBro

Did a conversion today and some of the pictures in the book have a caption under them. Some of these captions get bumped to the next page. That next page is either a blank page (with just the caption) or the caption and then the next chapter under it.

How do I avoid this?

Check the source code for page breaks and remove them. Then try the conversion again.

But backup the source format before you edit just in case.

[SuperDerpBro]

Not sure how to do that.. heh. I'll try to figure it out, thanks

[SuperDerpBro]

So, I've been using default settings aside from these..

I check disable font size resizing
I add body {orphans: 1 !important; widows: 1 !important;} to the “Extra CSS” section
I select “Tablet” for my output profile in Page Setup

Seems to look okay. Still have no real idea what I'm doing, heh.

I've also been recommended to use...

body, div, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p {orphans: 1 !important; widows: 1 !important;}

instead of...

body {orphans: 1 !important; widows: 1 !important;}

What is the difference? I only found out what orphans and widows are today

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by SuperDerpBro

So, I've been using default settings aside from these..

I check disable font size resizing
I add body {orphans: 1 !important; widows: 1 !important;} to the “Extra CSS” section
I select “Tablet” for my output profile in Page Setup

Seems to look okay. Still have no real idea what I'm doing, heh.

I've also been recommended to use...

body, div, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p {orphans: 1 !important; widows: 1 !important;}

instead of...

body {orphans: 1 !important; widows: 1 !important;}

What is the difference? I only found out what orphans and widows are today

The second CSS is a bit convoluted. You don't need any sort of reset CSS.

This is the CSS I always use. Any of it that goes unused gets removed when I am done editing the eBook.

blockquote {
  margin-top: 1em;
  margin-right: 1.5em;
  margin-bottom: 1em;
  margin-left: 1.5em;
}
body {
  widows: 1;
  orphans: 1;
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-right: 0;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  margin-left: 0;
  text-align: justify;
}
hr {
  margin-top: 1em;
  margin-right: 40%;
  margin-bottom: 0.9em;
  margin-left: 40%;
  border-top: 2px solid;
}
img {
  max-height: 100%;
  max-width: 100%;
}
p {
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  text-indent: 1.2em;
}
.blockquote {
  margin-top: 1em;
  margin-right: 1.5em;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  margin-left: 1.5em;
}
.cover {
  text-align: center;
  text-indent: 0;
  height: 100%;
}