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Old 05-30-2017, 02:51 PM   #1
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Black bars over text when converting epub to mobi
Hi all,

I just ran into a problem that I'm not sure how to solve. I took screenshots of the original ePUB and the same text after converting to MOBI. I'm sure there's a setting I can change or something...I hope. LOL
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Click image for larger version Name: epub.jpg Views: 152 Size: 86.0 KB ID: 157118   Click image for larger version Name: converted mobi.jpg Views: 158 Size: 26.4 KB ID: 157119  
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Old 05-30-2017, 03:30 PM   #2
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Validate the original EPUB. I suspect there are CSS or inline style errors (the reversed 'chapter' was never properly cleared.)
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Old 05-30-2017, 03:36 PM   #3
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Hmm. Okay. Will see if I can figure out how to do that. *off to user manual* Thanks.
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Unless you have a very old Kindle converting your epub to an AZW3 book might take care of your problem.
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Old 05-30-2017, 03:42 PM   #5
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Unless you have a very old Kindle converting your epub to an AZW3 book might take care of your problem.
I use the Kindle for PC/Android apps. I tried this, though, and then converted the AZW3 to mobi, and still the black bars.

Still trying to figure out how to validate the epub. heh
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Still trying to figure out how to validate the epub. heh
Use the IDPF validator.

Also open your epub with the Calibre Editor and click the Run Check link.
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Oooook. So...ran the validator and got a bunch of errors:

Error while parsing file 'attribute "xmlU0003Alang" not allowed here; expected attribute "class", "dir", "id", "lang", "style", "title" or "xml:lang"'.

Error while parsing file 'attribute "style" not allowed here; expected attribute "dir", "lang", "version" or "xml:lang"'.

Error while parsing file 'value of attribute "id" is invalid; must be an XML name without colons'.

A lot of each of those.

LOL Now what? *cry* haha Ugh.

I appreciate the time you've taken. This is going to be above me to fix. I think I'll just leave it an epub. heh
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You can always try an ePub to ePub conversion in Calibre and then convert to a Kindle format. Not saying it'll fix things, but would be a quick & dirty thing to try.
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You can always try an ePub to ePub conversion in Calibre and then convert to a Kindle format. Not saying it'll fix things, but would be a quick & dirty thing to try.
Ohhhh! I don't know if it was that or the option that I checked to remove colors from the background and foreground or both, but it worked!

Thank you all so much!
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