09-18-2017, 02:11 PM | #1 |
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mobi to epub conversion problem with Project Gutenberg book
Running into a problem with a Project Gutenberg book conversion that I haven't seen before. After the conversion from mobi to epub in calibre, the book looks good under View. However, once on my iPad, in the drop-down chapter listing each chapter opens to the beginning of the book, starting with the Project Gutenberg description. What might be causing that?
Second question. In both mobi and epub, there are very occasionally paragraphs that are not wrapped properly, like this: "The book is on the table and the fire is in the kitchen, says I, but she disagrees and yells at me all the expletives she learned as a child." Probably something in the Gutenberg copy. Is there anything in conversion I can do about this? Thanks, |
09-18-2017, 02:26 PM | #2 |
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What book is it? Maybe there's a version in the library here at MR.
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09-18-2017, 02:32 PM | #3 |
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It's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte. I checked before posting and didn't find it, although now I'm finding pfc, imp and lrf versions. Not sure if they are convertible to epub.
Update: prc version converted well, so both problems solved. Thanks for your suggestion, as there are two book search facilities, one in calibre and one here in MB. I had used the first. Last edited by highstream; 09-18-2017 at 02:50 PM. |
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Thanks for that. I had gotten the Guttenberg book from another source a good while back, so just assumed that was it rather than checking. Good to go, now.
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09-18-2017, 06:08 PM | #6 |
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When you encounter issues with an older copy of a PG ebook it is always a good idea to start by check the library here at MR and if that fails, then getting a new version directly from the PG site. They very frequently update their editions with fixes to text and/or formatting.
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