Epub to azw3 conversion breaks formatting

[alcides]

Hi!

Epub conversion to azw3 breaks the formatting on this one book. I have attached a screenshot of the original epub and the converted azw file. No other books from this publisher have this issue as far as i can tell. Sadly the file is copyrighted and I'm not sure how to make a private report on launchpad.

Below is the conversion log. I did not do any changes to the conversion settings (also reverted to defaults just in case).

Convert book 1 of 1 (The Man Who Would Be King: Selected Stories of Rudyard Kipling)
Conversion options changed from defaults:
  cover: '/tmp/calibre-ow7zhcb4/wwmakmzj.jpeg'
  verbose: 2
  read_metadata_from_opf: '/tmp/calibre-ow7zhcb4/a422yzyo.opf'
  output_profile: 'kindle_scribe'
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 8.4.0
{'add_alt_text_to_img': False,
 'asciiize': False,
 'author_sort': None,
 'authors': None,
 'base_font_size': 0.0,
 'book_producer': None,
 'change_justification': 'original',
 'chapter': "//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., "
            "'\\s*((chapter|book|section|part)\\s+)|((prolog|prologue|epilogue)(\\s+|$))', "
            "'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
 'chapter_mark': 'pagebreak',
 'comments': None,
 'cover': '/tmp/calibre-ow7zhcb4/wwmakmzj.jpeg',
 'debug_pipeline': None,
 'dehyphenate': True,
 'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
 'disable_font_rescaling': False,
 'dont_compress': False,
 'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
 'embed_all_fonts': False,
 'embed_font_family': None,
 'enable_heuristics': False,
 'expand_css': False,
 'extra_css': None,
 'extract_to': None,
 'filter_css': '',
 'fix_indents': True,
 'font_size_mapping': None,
 'format_scene_breaks': True,
 'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
 'input_encoding': None,
 'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x7f447f3ebe10>,
 'insert_blank_line': False,
 'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
 'insert_metadata': False,
 'isbn': None,
 'italicize_common_cases': True,
 'keep_ligatures': False,
 'language': None,
 'level1_toc': None,
 'level2_toc': None,
 'level3_toc': None,
 'line_height': 0.0,
 'linearize_tables': False,
 'margin_bottom': 5.0,
 'margin_left': 5.0,
 'margin_right': 5.0,
 'margin_top': 5.0,
 'markup_chapter_headings': True,
 'max_toc_links': 50,
 'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
 'mobi_toc_at_start': False,
 'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
 'no_inline_navbars': False,
 'no_inline_toc': False,
 'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleScribeOutput object at 0x7f447f403650>,
 'page_breaks_before': '/',
 'prefer_author_sort': False,
 'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
 'pretty_print': False,
 'pubdate': None,
 'publisher': None,
 'rating': None,
 'read_metadata_from_opf': '/tmp/calibre-ow7zhcb4/a422yzyo.opf',
 'remove_fake_margins': True,
 'remove_first_image': False,
 'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
 'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
 'renumber_headings': True,
 'replace_scene_breaks': '',
 'search_replace': '[]',
 'series': None,
 'series_index': None,
 'share_not_sync': False,
 'smarten_punctuation': False,
 'sr1_replace': None,
 'sr1_search': None,
 'sr2_replace': None,
 'sr2_search': None,
 'sr3_replace': None,
 'sr3_search': None,
 'start_reading_at': None,
 'subset_embedded_fonts': False,
 'tags': None,
 'timestamp': None,
 'title': None,
 'title_sort': None,
 'toc_filter': None,
 'toc_threshold': 6,
 'toc_title': None,
 'transform_css_rules': '[]',
 'transform_html_rules': '[]',
 'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
 'unwrap_lines': True,
 'use_auto_toc': False,
 'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: EPUB Input running
on /tmp/calibre-ow7zhcb4/dz4o3l7h.epub
Found HTML cover OEBPS/Text/cover.html
Parsing all content...
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Parsing OEBPS/Text/chapter033.html ...
Parsing OEBPS/Text/chapter025.html ...
Parsing OEBPS/Text/chapter033-fn.html ...
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Parsing OEBPS/Text/preface.html ...
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Parsing OEBPS/Text/reading.html ...
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Parsing OEBPS/Text/abouttheauthor.html ...
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Parsing OEBPS/Text/text.html ...
Parsing OEBPS/Text/chapter037-fn.html ...
Parsing OEBPS/Text/title.html ...
Parsing OEBPS/Text/chapter017.html ...
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Parsing OEBPS/Text/chapter038.html ...
Parsing OEBPS/Text/chapter019-fn.html ...
Parsing OEBPS/Text/toc.html ...
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Parsing OEBPS/Text/chapter038-fn.html ...
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Parsing OEBPS/Text/chapter021.html ...
Parsing OEBPS/Text/copyright.html ...
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Parsing OEBPS/Text/introduction.html ...
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Reading TOC from NCX...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes...
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Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chronology.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/preface.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/introduction.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/text.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/reading.html' is not CSS
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Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter002.html' is not CSS
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Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter004.html' is not CSS
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Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter007.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter008.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter009.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter010.html' is not CSS
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Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter012.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter013.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter014.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter015.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter016.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter017.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter018.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter019.html' is not CSS
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Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter021.html' is not CSS
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Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter026.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter027.html' is not CSS
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Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter029.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter030.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter031.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter032.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter033.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter034.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter035.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter036.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter037.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter038.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/notes.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter002-fn.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter019-fn.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter033-fn.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter035-fn.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter037-fn.html' is not CSS
Stylesheet 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' referenced by file 'OEBPS/Text/chapter038-fn.html' is not CSS
Source base font size is 12.00000pt
Removing fake margins...
Found 1533 items of level: p_1
Found 157 items of level: div_1
Found 4688 items of level: p_2
Found 6 items of level: p_4
Ignoring level p_4
p_1  left margin stats: Counter({'0': 1533})
p_1  right margin stats: Counter({'0': 1533})
div_1  left margin stats: Counter({'': 87})
div_1  right margin stats: Counter({'': 87})
p_2  left margin stats: Counter({'0': 4688})
p_2  right margin stats: Counter({'0': 4688})
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Trimming 'OEBPS/Fonts/CharisSILBI.ttf' from manifest
Trimming 'OEBPS/Fonts/CharisSILR.ttf' from manifest
Trimming 'OEBPS/Fonts/CharisSILI.ttf' from manifest
Trimming 'OEBPS/Fonts/CharisSILB.ttf' from manifest
Trimming 'OEBPS/Styles/stylesheet.css' from manifest
Trimming 'OEBPS/Text/cover.html' from manifest
Creating AZW3 Output...
Serializing resources...
Splitting markup on page breaks and flow limits, if any...
Creating KF8 output
	Generating KF8 markup...
	Compressing markup...
	Creating indices...
AZW3 output written to /tmp/calibre-ow7zhcb4/lmh2yw57.azw3

[Karellen]

It would be easier to understand the problem if you posted the before and after screenshots of the same page, not different chapters as you have done.

[pdurrant]

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=186697

[alcides]

Hi,

I didn't realize that I accidentally quoted 2 different chapters. I have attached a screenshot of the same section in epub and azw3.

The issues are that in the azw3 as opposed to the epub:

1. The title is justified left instead of center, and the font seems to have a different size
2. The proverb quoted is justified left instead of center and has a different font size
3. Same for the proverb's source, which is justified left instead of right
4. The text is all justified left and lacks the indent before the start of each paragraph.

I have tried to look in launchpad to see the option of creating a private bug, but I couldn't find it.

[PeterT]

I believe the private option appears after you open a bug and attach a file.

[pdurrant]

The Man Who Would be King, along with the rest of Kipling's work, is out of copyright in the EU. You can just upload the ePub and AZW3 here unless it includes some in-copyright introduction.

[alcides]

Thanks to pdurrant's info about copyright I managed to create an extract of the original epub (with just the short story). I can still reproduce the issue

[DNSB]

I opened the epub in Sigil and ran epubcheck against it. There was an issue finding the stylesheet so I unlinked it and relinked it to the xhtml file. I also changed to embed all fonts on the first tab and the text justification to original on the second tab of the Look & Feel in the conversion dialog.

I've attached my modified version of the .epub and the azw3/KF8 conversion output.

[alcides]

Hi, thanks for the info, i appreciate the help. Is this a bug with calibre or an issue with the original file?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by alcides

Hi, thanks for the info, i appreciate the help. Is this a bug with calibre or an issue with the original file?

Garbage in, Garbage out. It's a problem with the ePub as @DNSB said.