06-05-2018, 07:47 PM | #1 |
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multilanguage conversion issue
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I recently completed a book that I am about to sell on amazon that has both english and vietnamese in it. Unfortunately when I try to convert it in calibre into the mobi format, the file ends up only showing squares for some of the special vietnamese characters. Is there a way to fix this in calibre? My original document is in word and I believe I did select both english and vietnamese during the conversion process in calibre however, it produces the same error. Any help would be appreciated as it would be a shame to throw out a book that I spent nearly a year on just because I cannot convert it properly into the mobi format. |
06-05-2018, 08:08 PM | #2 |
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Since you plan to sell your book on Amazon I suggest that you use Amazon's Kindle Previewer to convert your book instead of calibre.
That should do a better job of showing whether or not the Vietnamese characters you use will display properly in the fonts available on Amazon devices. |
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06-05-2018, 11:27 PM | #4 |
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Convert to azw3 and use the option to embed referenced fonts.
If you want to sell on amazon, convert to epub instead and let amazon do the final conversion |
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You may want to check out resources for Kindle author/publishers, such as the Kindle Direct Publishing Community Forum. |
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Edit: Never mind I found it. Last edited by wolf30; 06-06-2018 at 06:24 PM. |
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As for installing the font pack executable, it should have unpacked it's contents into the Fonts directory (generally, C:\Windows\Fonts). |
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06-07-2018, 08:16 PM | #8 |
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Argg... all the formatting is messed up even when I use the kindle previewer. The character spacing is way off on some sentences when I added big spaces between words and the line spacing is off as well. One section would be way off while the others would look completely normal yet when I go to the paragraph settings, its all the same settings. This is giving me a huge headache.
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06-07-2018, 10:20 PM | #9 |
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Is there a way to add in multiple spaces between words in a sentence for mobi?
eg. Ab as in apple Able When I try to type in like that, it gets all messed up in kindle when the sizing is changed. |
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06-07-2018, 11:01 PM | #11 |
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Use a <table> will work in all book formats
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