09-03-2019, 03:11 AM | #1 |
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epub to mobi, italics don't display on kindle
I've tried to search for this problem, but haven't been successful in finding solutions, so here I'm posting.
I have ebooks downloaded from Internet Archive. but there are many errors in the IA epub, so I've been using sigil to clean up the errors and format it, then use calibre to convert epub to mobi, load it up into my Kindle and read it. Conversion works for the most part, but I have found out that italics style doesn't show up as italics in Kindle, even if it looks okay in all the ebook previewers (except Kindle Previewer. it also fails to show italics). I have found that if the word is using the following code, the italics shows up in all the previewers correctly, including kindle (this is what Sigil will embed when I convert words into italics while in html mode). simple html italics command: <i>word in italics</i> however if it's in this following form, the italics shows up on Sigil previewer, Calibre ebook reader, etc., but when converted to mobi and read through Kindle or Kindle Previewer, the italics do not show up (this is what Sigil will embed when I convert words into italics while in Preview mode/WYSIWYG interface): <span style="font-style: italic;">word in italics</span> As far as I can figure out, the format above is correct. so I assume This must be some vintage compatibility issue when converting to mobi that Kindle doesn't recognize? or is there some Calibre setting that I need to turn on for mobi conversion to correclty interpret the <span style > italics formatting? how do I make the <span style="font-style: italic;">word </span> show up as italics when converting the epub to mobi to read in Kindle? in other books where I converted .azw to epub, then edit and encode back to mobi, kindle seem to display italics using the <span style..> ok. but that conversion has a lot of calibre-specific style sheet stuff I don't quite understand. can someone help me understand what I'm doing wrong? ..and yes. I understand basic html coding. but am a newbie. |
09-03-2019, 03:24 AM | #2 |
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converson log
I directly downloaded epub from Internet Archive.. then have tried to clean up errors (namely simple formatting and scan errors). Not doing anything fancy. I think italics is so basic, it doesn't seem to show up anywhere as error in the log (don't see anything that says "italics" below). here is the conversion log:
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09-03-2019, 03:28 AM | #3 |
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I suggest you create a small ePub that shows the problem.
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09-03-2019, 03:29 AM | #4 |
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Convert to azw3 not mobi and you should be fine.
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09-03-2019, 10:44 PM | #5 |
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I tried converting to azw.. used a default setting (since I've never converted to azw before). but it still won't work (actually none of the italics is working).
attached are four screen shots... 1. the html code viewed in the calibre editor (and its previewer showing correct italics) 2. stylesheet.css that is in this epub file (very simple) 3. ebook reader in calibre (showing italics correctly) 3. Kindle Previewer3 using the azw3 conversion (no italics shows up) I did get an error when trying kindle previewer (and yes. I did manually open the .azw3 file, and not mobi): "Enhanced Typesetting preview is not supported for this book since the Mobi file that has been created by an older version of Kindlegen or by 3rd party tools..." I attach the entire epub and the azw3 converted file too. (original epub is a download from Internet Archive, and I'm just trying to clean up the scan errors and typesetting errors so I can read it on my Kindle.. and yes, re-add the italics it lost during the "translation") Moderator Notice
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09-04-2019, 09:25 PM | #6 |
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Opena bug report and attach the EPUB file.
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09-05-2019, 03:57 PM | #7 |
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ok. will do.
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