09-18-2022, 05:22 PM | #1 |
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Best format to convert to kindle now and the best practices.
Hello, I am using calibre and the latest Kindle Paperwhite. I have read that KFX is the best format (overall) to convert to and I have been using calibre to do so. Can anyone give advice on this/ link to something/ explain the best settings to put on calibre and otherwise? Since most books I get are in .epub format, I going from epub -> azw3 -> KFX (I heard this is advantageous). Right now I have a problem where the footnotes in some books get resized to really small font. Overall, I would just like to know the best way to convert.
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09-18-2022, 05:26 PM | #2 | |
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09-19-2022, 08:54 AM | #3 |
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Though AZW3 (KF8) is fine too. Keep the epubs and for WP source, docx-> epub. Then make any other format from the epub.
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09-20-2022, 10:37 AM | #4 |
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Any way to convert well from PDF to other formats? Or its not really possible consistently.
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09-20-2022, 11:46 AM | #5 |
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09-20-2022, 03:59 PM | #6 |
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It's a real pain to convert from PDF. You get more errors then it's worth trying to fix. And you may never be sure you've ever fixed them unless you A/B compare the PDF to the ePub and by then, you've read the book (not in a good way).
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09-20-2022, 07:12 PM | #7 | |
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i would recommend EPUB. when i got my kindle fresh i used for the first few months mobi, but then i learned to love KoReader so now i get every book i want to read in .epub
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i tried it for a while to get really simple PDFs working by converting them with all kinds of tools, playing with settings etc.. and for each PDF i had to fiddle around with it hours to get it working to a state where it was barelly okay. after a while i just said "fuck it, i read it on my phone / tablet / pc instead". if you can, get books in other formats. PDFs is a pain in the ass on kindles. |
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10-28-2022, 01:57 AM | #8 |
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KFX gives you kerning, ligatures, and hyphenation. You cannot reduce the line height. I don't know if negative margins work to reduce margin waste. You cannot remove the DRM from KFX except in a very specific circumstance. KFX can be multiple files for the eBook. Which you prefer is up to you. |
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10-28-2022, 07:23 AM | #10 |
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Well thank you. I guess I'll stick with converting Epub to Azw3 for now as I do hyphenating with a plugin and I surely want to controll line hight, and I don't want to use negative margins.
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