How to preserve soft hyphens in MOBI output

bronger · 08-26-2019, 08:24 AM

I convert an EPUB to MOBI using calibre 3.39.1:

Code:

ebook-convert book.epub book.mobi

This removes all soft hyphens from the text. However, my Kindle Oasis needs those for justification. Can one switch the removing off, or can point be to the source code location that needs to be commented out? Thank you!

jhowell · 08-26-2019, 08:33 AM

The original MOBI format, still supported by Kindle readers, does not support soft hyphens. The KF8 (azw3) format does support them. And just to complicate things a MOBI file can have both formats contained in a single file.

Either convert to AZW3 or select the output MOBI file type as "both".

bronger · 08-27-2019, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhowell

The original MOBI format, still supported by Kindle readers, does not support soft hyphens. The KF8 (azw3) format does support them. And just to complicate things a MOBI file can have both formats contained in a single file.

Either convert to AZW3 or select the output MOBI file type as "both".

Thank you very much for the clarification!

08-26-2019, 08:24 AM	#1
bronger Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2019 Device: Kindle Oasis	How to preserve soft hyphens in MOBI output I convert an EPUB to MOBI using calibre 3.39.1: Code: ebook-convert book.epub book.mobi This removes all soft hyphens from the text. However, my Kindle Oasis needs those for justification. Can one switch the removing off, or can point be to the source code location that needs to be commented out? Thank you! Last edited by bronger; 08-26-2019 at 08:24 AM. Reason: Typos.

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08-26-2019, 08:33 AM	#2
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,496 Karma: 84420419 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Device: Kindles	The original MOBI format, still supported by Kindle readers, does not support soft hyphens. The KF8 (azw3) format does support them. And just to complicate things a MOBI file can have both formats contained in a single file. Either convert to AZW3 or select the output MOBI file type as "both".

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