EPUB views fine in Apple Books but formatting distorted in Calibre epub viewer

kirk8677 · 10-28-2020, 12:46 PM

Hi, I have a book that views beautifully in Apple books - looks like a PDF book. When I open it in Calibre viewer, the formatting is completely messed up to the point the text is impossible to read. Curious if there are known issues with the Calibre viewer or some setting I can change.

kirk8677 · 10-28-2020, 01:22 PM

Update: when I converted to PDF I got something more readable but still with messed up pagination. Still, better than the EPUB view.

jhowell · 10-28-2020, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by kirk8677

looks like a PDF book

That sounds like a fixed-layout EPUB. Calibre does not support those.

kirk8677 · 10-28-2020, 01:30 PM

Thanks. Just out of curiosity, do you or anyone else know a way to convert fixed-layout EPUB to a proper PDF?

JSWolf · 10-28-2020, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirk8677

Thanks. Just out of curiosity, do you or anyone else know a way to convert fixed-layout EPUB to a proper PDF?

With extreme difficulty.

kirk8677 · 10-28-2020, 01:46 PM

If Apple Books supported printing, presumably it would be easy! Not sure there is another EPUB viewer that supports fixed-layout PDFs but doesn't disable printing.

10-28-2020, 12:46 PM	#1
kirk8677 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle	EPUB views fine in Apple Books but formatting distorted in Calibre epub viewer Hi, I have a book that views beautifully in Apple books - looks like a PDF book. When I open it in Calibre viewer, the formatting is completely messed up to the point the text is impossible to read. Curious if there are known issues with the Calibre viewer or some setting I can change.

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10-28-2020, 01:22 PM	#2
kirk8677 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle	Update: when I converted to PDF I got something more readable but still with messed up pagination. Still, better than the EPUB view.

10-28-2020, 01:30 PM	#4
kirk8677 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle	Thanks. Just out of curiosity, do you or anyone else know a way to convert fixed-layout EPUB to a proper PDF?

10-28-2020, 01:46 PM	#6
kirk8677 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle	If Apple Books supported printing, presumably it would be easy! Not sure there is another EPUB viewer that supports fixed-layout PDFs but doesn't disable printing.