epub to mobi fault

JollyRoger · 03-22-2021, 02:41 PM

I've got an epub file which seems to have every paragraph on a new page. I converted it to mobi in Calibre but it retained the same formatting.
Is this a known problem with an easy solution?

JollyRoger · 03-22-2021, 02:54 PM

I just converted it from epub to RTF and back to mobi and it is not perfect but deffo much better

JSWolf · 03-22-2021, 04:30 PM

Can you load the ePub into the editor and post some of the code and the CSS?

What eBook is this and where did it come from? I ask in case I can get a hold of it to have a look at it.

JollyRoger · 03-22-2021, 04:39 PM

What part of the code do you want?
I can send you the epub file if there is a way of file transfer on here?

JSWolf · 03-22-2021, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JollyRoger

What part of the code do you want?
I can send you the epub file if there is a way of file transfer on here?

The CSS and then enough of a sample of one of the HTML files to show the problem.

JollyRoger · 03-22-2021, 04:49 PM

This section displays correctly

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>A Cottage by the Sea</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
<link href="stylesheet.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="page_styles.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/>
</head>
<body class="calibre">
Hello!A quick thank you from me for picking up A Cottage by the Sea. I do appreciate it and am very lucky to have a band of dedicated readers. Whether you’re a reader who’s been with me since day one or if this is the first book of mine that you’ve tried, I hope this will get you in the mood for your summer holidays.Haven’t we all, at some time, wished we could escape to a lovely seaside retreat? I know it’s at the top of my Lottery Win list. I could spend hours on property websites lusting after my very own cottage by the sea.I’ve spent years doing long-haul holidays that leave me more exhausted when I return than when I left and have only recently rediscovered the joys of holidaying at home in the UK – although you do have to become an expert at weather-dodging! And, of course, packing for all seasons. No travelling light when you’re going for a week in Wales, though I do highly recommend the beautiful rugged coastal areas of Pembrokeshire as a place to visit. I had such a lovely time there doing the research for this book – I’ll definitely be going back.I hope that you’ll manage to find some time this year just to kick back and relax with a book or two. I wish you a happy and restful time whether you spend your holiday in Mexico or Margate, Puerto Rico or Pembrokeshire. May the sun shine on you!Happy holidays!Love Carole <img src="images/00002.jpg" class="calibre14"/> xx<div class="mbppagebreak" id="calibre_pb_5"></div></body></html>

JollyRoger · 03-22-2021, 04:50 PM

This one does not

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>A Cottage by the Sea</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
<link href="stylesheet.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="page_styles.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/>
</head>
<body class="calibre">
*Chapter One<img src="images/00001.jpg" class="calibre15"/>‘Destination,’ the dulcet tones of the sat nav announces. ‘Destination.’<div class="mbppagebreak" id="calibre_pb_6"></div></body></html>

JollyRoger · 03-22-2021, 04:59 PM

This is the entire stylesheet

.bold {
font-weight: bold
}
.calibre {
display: block;
font-size: 1em;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 5pt;
margin-right: 5pt;
margin-top: 0;
padding-left: 0;
padding-right: 0;
text-align: justify
}
.calibre1 {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
margin-top: 0;
text-indent: 0
}
.calibre10 {
display: block;
list-style-type: disc;
margin-bottom: 1em;
margin-right: 0;
margin-top: 1em;
text-indent: 0
}
.calibre11 {
display: list-item;
margin-top: 0;
text-indent: 0
}
.calibre12 {
display: list-item;
margin-top: 8pt;
text-indent: 0
}
.calibre13 {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
margin-top: 1em;
text-align: left;
text-indent: 0
}
.calibre14 {
height: 37px;
vertical-align: baseline;
width: 37px
}
.calibre15 {
height: 123px;
vertical-align: baseline;
width: 140px
}
.calibre16 {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
margin-top: 3em;
text-align: justify;
text-indent: 0
}
.calibre17 {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
margin-top: 1em;
text-align: justify;
text-indent: 1em
}
.calibre18 {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
margin-top: 1em;
text-align: justify;
text-indent: 0
}
.calibre19 {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
margin-top: 2em;
text-align: justify;
text-indent: 0
}
.calibre2 {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
margin-top: 2em;
text-align: center;
text-indent: 0
}
.calibre20 {
height: 600px;
vertical-align: baseline;
width: 379px
}
.calibre3 {
font-size: 1.29167em;
line-height: 1.2
}
.calibre4 {
display: block
}
.calibre5 {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
margin-top: 1em;
text-align: center;
text-indent: 0
}
.calibre6 {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
margin-top: 1em;
text-indent: 0
}
.calibre7 {
font-size: 0.625em
}
.calibre8 {
font-size: 1.83333em;
line-height: 1.2
}
.calibre9 {
display: block;
height: 1em
}
.italic {
font-style: italic
}
.mbppagebreak {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
margin-top: 0
}

JollyRoger · 03-22-2021, 05:46 PM

I've had some more success by converting to docx, then taking out all paragraph breaks and converting to Mobi. Only problem is now the chapter breaks have gone.

JSWolf · 03-22-2021, 08:05 PM

After looking at this eBook, we cannot help you with your problem because this is an eBook that violates copyright because it's been pirated.

JollyRoger · 03-23-2021, 08:57 AM

Fair enough.

Tex2002ans · 03-23-2021, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JollyRoger

I've got an epub file which seems to have every paragraph on a new page. I converted it to mobi in Calibre but it retained the same formatting.

It looks like this is the culprit:

Code:

<div class="mbppagebreak" id="calibre_pb_5"></div>

The original file/conversion might've been busted, and added those page breaks after every single paragraph/page.

What you'll want to do is merge all HTML files together, then manually split them where you want (before every chapter).

1. In Calibre's Editor:

Highlight multiple files, then Right-Click + "Merge Selected Text Files".

2. Press Ctrl+F and make sure Mode is set to "Regex".

3.

Search: <div class="mbppagebreak" id="calibre_pb_\d+"></div>
Replace: ***LEAVE COMPLETELY BLANK***

This will remove all the mbppagebreaks from your code.

4. Follow:

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/edi...ing-html-files

to split each chapter into its own file.

5 (Optional). Rename all your files to human-readable names such as:

- Foreword.xhtml
- Introduction.xhtml
- Chapter01.xhtml
- Chapter99.xhtml

03-22-2021, 02:41 PM	#1
JollyRoger Zealot Posts: 134 Karma: 68 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle	epub to mobi fault I've got an epub file which seems to have every paragraph on a new page. I converted it to mobi in Calibre but it retained the same formatting. Is this a known problem with an easy solution?

03-22-2021, 04:49 PM	#6
JollyRoger Zealot Posts: 134 Karma: 68 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle	This section displays correctly <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>A Cottage by the Sea</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <link href="stylesheet.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/> <link href="page_styles.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/> </head> <body class="calibre"> <p id="filepos16687" class="calibre13"><span class="italic">Hello!</span></p><p class="calibre13"><span class="italic">A quick thank you from me for picking up A Cottage by the Sea. I do appreciate it and am very lucky to have a band of dedicated readers. Whether you’re a reader who’s been with me since day one or if this is the first book of mine that you’ve tried, I hope this will get you in the mood for your summer holidays.</span></p><p class="calibre13"><span class="italic">Haven’t we all, at some time, wished we could escape to a lovely seaside retreat? I know it’s at the top of my Lottery Win list. I could spend hours on property websites lusting after my very own cottage by the sea.</span></p><p class="calibre13"><span class="italic">I’ve spent years doing long-haul holidays that leave me more exhausted when I return than when I left and have only recently rediscovered the joys of holidaying at home in the UK – although you do have to become an expert at weather-dodging! And, of course, packing for all seasons. No travelling light when you’re going for a week in Wales, though I do highly recommend the beautiful rugged coastal areas of Pembrokeshire as a place to visit. </span></p><p class="calibre13"><span class="italic">I had such a lovely time there doing the research for this book – I’ll definitely be going back.</span></p><p class="calibre13"><span class="italic">I hope that you’ll manage to find some time this year just to kick back and relax with a book or two. I wish you a happy and restful time whether you spend your holiday in Mexico or Margate, Puerto Rico or Pembrokeshire. May the sun shine on you!</span></p><p class="calibre13"><span class="italic">Happy holidays!</span></p><p class="calibre13"><span class="italic">Love Carole </span><img src="images/00002.jpg" class="calibre14"/><span class="italic"> xx</span></p><div class="mbppagebreak" id="calibre_pb_5"></div></body></html>

03-22-2021, 04:50 PM	#7
JollyRoger Zealot Posts: 134 Karma: 68 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle	This one does not <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>A Cottage by the Sea</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <link href="stylesheet.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/> <link href="page_styles.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/> </head> <body class="calibre"> <p id="filepos18565" class="calibre4" style="margin:0pt; border:0pt; height:1em">*</p><p class="calibre2"><span class="calibre3">Chapter One</span></p><p class="calibre2"><img src="images/00001.jpg" class="calibre15"/></p><p class="calibre16">‘<span class="italic">Destination</span>,’ the dulcet tones of the sat nav announces. ‘<span class="italic">Destination</span>.’</p><div class="mbppagebreak" id="calibre_pb_6"></div></body></html>

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03-22-2021, 02:54 PM	#2
JollyRoger Zealot Posts: 134 Karma: 68 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle	I just converted it from epub to RTF and back to mobi and it is not perfect but deffo much better

03-22-2021, 04:30 PM	#3
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,042 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Can you load the ePub into the editor and post some of the code and the CSS? What eBook is this and where did it come from? I ask in case I can get a hold of it to have a look at it.

03-22-2021, 04:39 PM	#4
JollyRoger Zealot Posts: 134 Karma: 68 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle	What part of the code do you want? I can send you the epub file if there is a way of file transfer on here?

03-22-2021, 04:59 PM	#8
JollyRoger Zealot Posts: 134 Karma: 68 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle	This is the entire stylesheet .bold { font-weight: bold } .calibre { display: block; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; margin-right: 5pt; margin-top: 0; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; text-align: justify } .calibre1 { display: block; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; text-indent: 0 } .calibre10 { display: block; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 1em; text-indent: 0 } .calibre11 { display: list-item; margin-top: 0; text-indent: 0 } .calibre12 { display: list-item; margin-top: 8pt; text-indent: 0 } .calibre13 { display: block; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0 } .calibre14 { height: 37px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 37px } .calibre15 { height: 123px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 140px } .calibre16 { display: block; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 3em; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0 } .calibre17 { display: block; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 1em; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1em } .calibre18 { display: block; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 1em; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0 } .calibre19 { display: block; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 2em; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0 } .calibre2 { display: block; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 2em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0 } .calibre20 { height: 600px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 379px } .calibre3 { font-size: 1.29167em; line-height: 1.2 } .calibre4 { display: block } .calibre5 { display: block; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0 } .calibre6 { display: block; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 1em; text-indent: 0 } .calibre7 { font-size: 0.625em } .calibre8 { font-size: 1.83333em; line-height: 1.2 } .calibre9 { display: block; height: 1em } .italic { font-style: italic } .mbppagebreak { display: block; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0 }

03-22-2021, 05:46 PM	#9
JollyRoger Zealot Posts: 134 Karma: 68 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle	I've had some more success by converting to docx, then taking out all paragraph breaks and converting to Mobi. Only problem is now the chapter breaks have gone.

03-22-2021, 08:05 PM	#10
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,042 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	After looking at this eBook, we cannot help you with your problem because this is an eBook that violates copyright because it's been pirated.

03-23-2021, 08:57 AM	#11
JollyRoger Zealot Posts: 134 Karma: 68 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle	Fair enough.