Sending EPUB to Kindle Changes Text Direction

morty92222 · 07-21-2022, 12:53 PM

Hi,

I have an EPUB in Arabic. It is right to left. It shows fine on Apple Books. However, when sent to kindle paper white, paragraphs directions changes.

Kindle: Headers stays rtl but paragraphs are ltr.
iPhone Kindle app: alignment is rtl but the words are ltr. i.e. I must read from left to right to make sense of the sentences even though lines are aligned to the right.

I know the underlying technique for sending ePub to kindle is converting to AZW3. Is this a problem with AZW3?

I do not have any CSS files.

JSWolf · 07-21-2022, 01:01 PM

Try converting the ePub to KF8 using Calibre and see what happens.

Also, you can copy the KF8 eBook from your Kindle and have a look at it with Calibre's editor to see what's going on.

morty92222 · 07-21-2022, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Try converting the ePub to KF8 using Calibre and see what happens.

Also, you can copy the KF8 eBook from your Kindle and have a look at it with Calibre's editor to see what's going on.

I tried converting to KFX and manually put it on Kindle. It works just fine. So I think it has something to do with AZW3.

Any idea how to fix that?

JSWolf · 07-21-2022, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by morty92222

I tried converting to KFX and manually put it on Kindle. It works just fine. So I think it has something to do with AZW3.

Any idea how to fix that?

To fix the KF8, I think editing the code and adding the text direction should do it. But that does not help the fact that it would only be fixed on one Kindle.

Do you have more then one Kindle that you want to be able to sync? You list only one Kindle and if that's correct, I would forget email.

morty92222 · 07-21-2022, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

To fix the KF8, I think editing the code and adding the text direction should do it. But that does not help the fact that it would only be fixed on one Kindle.

Do you have more then one Kindle that you want to be able to sync? You list only one Kindle and if that's correct, I would forget email.

What do you mean by adding text direction? It's already added in the <body> tag. Is there another place to add it?

JSWolf · 07-21-2022, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by morty92222

What do you mean by adding text direction? It's already added in the <body> tag. Is there another place to add it?

I don't know if that's correct for KF8 and it depends what Amazon's conversion did to the code. The only way to know what may be going on is to look at the code for the converted KF8.

07-21-2022, 12:53 PM	#1
morty92222 Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2019 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Sending EPUB to Kindle Changes Text Direction Hi, I have an EPUB in Arabic. It is right to left. It shows fine on Apple Books. However, when sent to kindle paper white, paragraphs directions changes. Kindle: Headers stays rtl but paragraphs are ltr. iPhone Kindle app: alignment is rtl but the words are ltr. i.e. I must read from left to right to make sense of the sentences even though lines are aligned to the right. I know the underlying technique for sending ePub to kindle is converting to AZW3. Is this a problem with AZW3? I do not have any CSS files. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by morty92222; 07-21-2022 at 01:00 PM.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,027 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Try converting the ePub to KF8 using Calibre and see what happens. Also, you can copy the KF8 eBook from your Kindle and have a look at it with Calibre's editor to see what's going on.