Changes in e-book formating

pops1959 · 04-30-2011, 02:21 PM

I'm not sure this is the right forum for this question. If not, please forgive me.

I am experiencing a rather strange problem with e-book from a certain source.

I have downloaded an epub from ebooks.adelaide.edu.au. I imported the epub into Calibre. Before doing anything I checked the book using the viewer in Calibre. It looked just fine. Using the convert function I added a cover that was more to my liking. Again, I checked the book out using the viewer in Calibre, and it looked perfect. I then synched my Nook Color to my computer (a Mac) and copied the book to the Nook. After un-synching the Nook I checked the book out on my Nook and discovered that the formating had changed. All paragraphs had lost their indentations and there were spaces added between each paragraph.

I have side-loaded several hundred ebooks to my Nook, including many that I had made adjustments to using Sigil, and have never experienced this. I am not sure if it is my Nook that is making these changes in the formatting, or if Calibre is doing something in the process of sending the book to my Nook, or....?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

DaleDe · 04-30-2011, 02:55 PM

This is likely a problem in your CSS file. You should check it at the W3 site. If there are errors in the CSS file ADE will ignore the file and Nook uses ADE as their reader.

Dale

Jim Lester · 05-03-2011, 11:46 AM

B&N also adds in their own formatting which has a higher priority which takes precedence over the CSS. If you don't want this behavior, then make sure to set Publisher Defaults to be 'On' in the preference dialog.

04-30-2011, 02:21 PM	#1
pops1959 Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Everywhere I am. Device: Kindle Oasis	Changes in e-book formating I'm not sure this is the right forum for this question. If not, please forgive me. I am experiencing a rather strange problem with e-book from a certain source. I have downloaded an epub from ebooks.adelaide.edu.au. I imported the epub into Calibre. Before doing anything I checked the book using the viewer in Calibre. It looked just fine. Using the convert function I added a cover that was more to my liking. Again, I checked the book out using the viewer in Calibre, and it looked perfect. I then synched my Nook Color to my computer (a Mac) and copied the book to the Nook. After un-synching the Nook I checked the book out on my Nook and discovered that the formating had changed. All paragraphs had lost their indentations and there were spaces added between each paragraph. I have side-loaded several hundred ebooks to my Nook, including many that I had made adjustments to using Sigil, and have never experienced this. I am not sure if it is my Nook that is making these changes in the formatting, or if Calibre is doing something in the process of sending the book to my Nook, or....? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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04-30-2011, 02:55 PM	#2
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	This is likely a problem in your CSS file. You should check it at the W3 site. If there are errors in the CSS file ADE will ignore the file and Nook uses ADE as their reader. Dale

05-03-2011, 11:46 AM	#3
Jim Lester Evangelist Posts: 416 Karma: 14682 Join Date: May 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Device: Nook HD, Nook for Windows 8	B&N also adds in their own formatting which has a higher priority which takes precedence over the CSS. If you don't want this behavior, then make sure to set Publisher Defaults to be 'On' in the preference dialog.

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