Do I have to convert to kepub?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Minor nit with the above comment is that if you need to select past the bottom of a page, kepub allows that while epub limits you to the current page.

However, just go to the next page in ePub and highlight from there.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

However, just go to the next page in ePub and highlight from there.

Or shrink the font size to get the content on one page. Splitting highlights into multiple items is a pain, IMNSHO.

[xyzzy_foo]

Originally Posted by Kamikuza

The lad won a Kobo Sage from the local library by writing a book report...I have a Kindle so it's all new to me.

First of all, congratulations! I love my Kobo Sage too. Aside from it being a bit heavy and having poor battery life, its size is perfect for reading manga.

It must be mentioned here that Nickel's EPUB viewer is based on EPUB2, while KEPUB is based on EPUB3. All Japanese eBooks must be converted to KEPUB. There is no doubt that the development team of Japan's Rakuten Group was involved with the KEPUB renderer.
It even supports Shueisha's manga EPUBs, which have a special structure.

[Daniel Jackson]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

If you read ePub, you get used to how ADE page numbers work and you can decide if you may have time to finish the chapter. The time remaining isn't accurate so it's not worth using.

To me the times are pretty accurate. I do find them very much worth using.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Daniel Jackson

To me the times are pretty accurate. I do find them very much worth using.

I'll have to give the time to read a try with KePub in case it's been fixed. It used to be rather poor.

[Kamikuza]

Originally Posted by bluepeter

There's a wiki article about kepub that you might find helpful.

Thanks!

I did look around for an hour but got unrelated content mostly...

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Kamikuza

Thanks!

I did look around for an hour but got unrelated content mostly...

When you read the Wiki, just remember that some of that is now wrong.

[Kamikuza]

Originally Posted by Pajamaman

I use kepub for books with very complex layouts, like footnotes. If not, epub is fine. If you're moving books over from a kindle, I think that will be the hard part.

Thanks!

The lad's only 12, so I doubt he'll be reading things with footnotes

I have a Kindle, but I keep everything in epub then convert to mobi (because reasons). So hopefully I'll just be able to side load what the boy might like...

[Kamikuza]

Originally Posted by Daniel Jackson

I like kepubs for the better reading statistics. It will show the estimated remaining reading time for the current and for the next chapter. It helps me to decide if I have enough time to read another chapter.

Thanks!

I like that in my kindle too. I noticed the Sage shows the number of pages in a chapter/the book which is neat...

[Kamikuza]

Originally Posted by xyzzy_foo

First of all, congratulations! I love my Kobo Sage too. Aside from it being a bit heavy and having poor battery life, its size is perfect for reading manga.

It must be mentioned here that Nickel's EPUB viewer is based on EPUB2, while KEPUB is based on EPUB3. All Japanese eBooks must be converted to KEPUB. There is no doubt that the development team of Japan's Rakuten Group was involved with the KEPUB renderer.
It even supports Shueisha's manga EPUBs, which have a special structure.

Thanks! The Sage makes my PW1 look ancient

While the boy speaks and reads Japanese perfectly, he hasn't shown much interest in Manga. We'll see...

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Kamikuza

Thanks!

The lad's only 12, so I doubt he'll be reading things with footnotes

I have a Kindle, but I keep everything in epub then convert to mobi (because reasons). So hopefully I'll just be able to side load what the boy might like...

There is no good reason to convert to Mobi. Convert to KF8 instead.

[Kamikuza]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

When you read the Wiki, just remember that some of that is now wrong.

Thanks!

I like to "tidy up" pubs so prefer to get into the html and css and make it "right" so am curious what quirks there are with the kepub format. Seems to be lots of spans and divs for each chapter...

[Kamikuza]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

There is no good reason to convert to Mobi. Convert to KF8 instead.

Yes there is kf8 doesn't display things correctly. Or rather, I haven't figured out the quirks to make things work properly in the html or css

I'd prefer to use a "higher" format but that's my two bits worth

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Kamikuza

Yes there is kf8 doesn't display things correctly. Or rather, I haven't figured out the quirks to make things work properly in the html or css

I'd prefer to use a "higher" format but that's my two bits worth

That is not correct. KF8 works. There's no kerning or ligatures. But you can simulate hyphens using the Hyphenate This! plugin. It adds soft hyphens that simulate hyphenation.

I've not seen any of these quirks. And I've not read of any of these quirks. What re these quirks? In most cases, quirks are due to the code for the eBook.

As for editing the eBook, it's a lot easier to edit ePub then KePub as you don't have to deal with all of the spans in the KePub. This is why it's best to download the ePub and let calibre convert to KePub if that's what you want.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Kamikuza

Thanks!

I like to "tidy up" pubs so prefer to get into the html and css and make it "right" so am curious what quirks there are with the kepub format. Seems to be lots of spans and divs for each chapter...

Most of those spans and divs are added when converting from ePub to kepub. They are mostly used for locations for annotations and highlights. For non-Kobo devices, they are do-nothing code. Some people prefer to convert to ePub and then edit allowing calibre to convert the ePub on the fly when sending to the Kobo device.