Converted epub displays italics incorrectly on Moon Reader

[trying]

Second Generation Kindle Fire (2012), System Version: 10.5.1
Moon+ Reader Free 4.2.2

As it turns out, Calibre has the ability to split files bigger than a given size so I tried setting it to 21K (instead of the default 260K). Unfortunately that didn't help. Apparently the size threshold is not really the size of the File but of the Chapter, and Moon+ Reader must combine the split files back together.

It seems that any sort of character style causes the current horizontal position to be reset back to zero, thus causing overlapping. Changing from italics to underline or bold also results in the same error.

Anyway, I have given up on using Moon+ Reader, especially since there doesn't seem to be any official way of reporting bugs to the developer other than sending an email? Does anyone know if they actually follow the forums here on mobileread? BTW, this thread is probably in the wrong forum since the problem doesn't have anything to do with Calibre.

I have switched instead to FBReader (for Android) which can handle epubs just fine and doesn't show any of the problems that Moon+ Reader has with italics. It's also open sourced on GitHub, so there is an official way to report issues and I can always look at the code if I want to.

[dtc87]

I've had a go at chopping files down to smaller sizes by removing chapters, with no change in the overlapping bug. If the problem has to do with the size of chapters then attempting to fix is more faff than I'm prepared to undertake. Thanks again for your suggestions trying.

My reason for adopting Moon Reader was because it offers a ways of highlighting text while reading, then exporting highlighted passages in plain text. Does FBreader allow this? Or are there any other android options I can sideload onto a Kindle which offer the same functionality?

Cheers,
David

[dtc87]

By the way, cutting a chapter down to a very small size does indeed fix the problem for me.

Re. whether the developer keeps an eye on the forum - I emailed him about this issue at the same time as my original post, and he got back to me. I've emailed again to mention the diagnosis discovered by trying. So hopefully he'll be aware of the issue

[trying]

Originally Posted by dtc87

My reason for adopting Moon Reader was because it offers a ways of highlighting text while reading, then exporting highlighted passages in plain text. Does FBreader allow this?

Based on [Feature Request] Export bookmarks #294 from 2015, not yet. The reason why this hasn't been done seems like a case of over-engineering to me. All people want is the ability to export, yet the software gurus are all hung up on importing the exported data. It's pretty clear from the posts that they had the ability to export to XML within days.

FBReader supports plugins, and it's open source, so if someone was sufficiently motivated they could just do this themselves. I do any heavy notetaking on my PC using Calibre with epubs or for really serious non-fiction stuff Adobe Reader with PDFs. I just use my Fire to strictly read. While I could probably write such a plugin, I'm not motivated enough to try .

One thing you could do, would be to add a response to the issue saying all you want is the ability to export, and ask why can't that be done.