Help: Converting from .txt to .epub for Aldiko on Android

SlowRain · 10-23-2010, 09:32 AM

I'm very new to Calibre. I tried converting a file from text to EPUB to read using Aldiko (1.2.13) on my Galaxy S (Android 2.1). Unfortunately, some of the text was wonky. Has anyone found a good method to make this conversion work? What steps/settings should I be using?

Thanks.

itimpi · 10-23-2010, 11:35 AM

Without giving some more detail on what sort of problems you are seeing then it is difficult to suggest an answer.

SlowRain · 10-23-2010, 11:22 PM

Sorry for not being specific. I guess I was hoping someone had already figured out what to do.

For starters, I see question marks inside black diamonds where there should be hyphens.

While I'm at it, are there any other tests or known problems I should look for?

ldolse · 10-23-2010, 11:36 PM

You need to tell Calibre what the encoding of your file is. It's input character encoding under "Look and Feel" in the conversion options. CP1252 seems to be a popular encoding.

If you can't figure out the encoding open the file in a text editor so that it looks correct and then re-save it encoded as UTF-8.

You need single line paragraphs if every line is a paragraph. The default is to assume that text files have hard line breaks with spaces between paragraphs.

SlowRain · 10-24-2010, 11:25 AM

Okay. Let me play around with it a bit. You've given me a good place to start. I appreciate your help.

10-23-2010, 09:32 AM	#1
SlowRain Addict Posts: 311 Karma: 9553 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: a Canadian expat in Taiwan Device: HTC 10, Asus Phonepad	Help: Converting from .txt to .epub for Aldiko on Android I'm very new to Calibre. I tried converting a file from text to EPUB to read using Aldiko (1.2.13) on my Galaxy S (Android 2.1). Unfortunately, some of the text was wonky. Has anyone found a good method to make this conversion work? What steps/settings should I be using? Thanks.

10-23-2010, 11:22 PM	#3
SlowRain Addict Posts: 311 Karma: 9553 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: a Canadian expat in Taiwan Device: HTC 10, Asus Phonepad	Sorry for not being specific. I guess I was hoping someone had already figured out what to do. For starters, I see question marks inside black diamonds where there should be hyphens. While I'm at it, are there any other tests or known problems I should look for? Last edited by SlowRain; 10-23-2010 at 11:34 PM. Reason: "diamonds", not "triangles"

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10-23-2010, 11:35 AM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Without giving some more detail on what sort of problems you are seeing then it is difficult to suggest an answer.

10-23-2010, 11:36 PM	#4
ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	You need to tell Calibre what the encoding of your file is. It's input character encoding under "Look and Feel" in the conversion options. CP1252 seems to be a popular encoding. If you can't figure out the encoding open the file in a text editor so that it looks correct and then re-save it encoded as UTF-8. You need single line paragraphs if every line is a paragraph. The default is to assume that text files have hard line breaks with spaces between paragraphs.

10-24-2010, 11:25 AM	#5
SlowRain Addict Posts: 311 Karma: 9553 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: a Canadian expat in Taiwan Device: HTC 10, Asus Phonepad	Okay. Let me play around with it a bit. You've given me a good place to start. I appreciate your help.

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