Another viewer problem, this time with AZW3

kirk8677 · 11-01-2020, 02:07 PM

Hi all, I was having issues w/ an EPUB book last week, and it turns out that Calibre doesn't support fixed layout EPUB's.

I'm now having what seems like a similar issue with an AZW3 bought on Amazon. I de-drm'ed it. It loads fine in the Kindle app, but when I read it in Calibre viewer, formatting is a mess. Is this some kind of unspported AZW3? And any way to convert it to something usable?

jhowell · 11-01-2020, 05:27 PM

Kindle books in KF8 (azw3) format may also be fixed layout and those are also unsupported by calibre.

If you give the ten character ASIN identifier for the book it will be possible to determine if that is the case for that book.

kirk8677 · 11-01-2020, 06:24 PM

Thanks, I'm almost certain that's it. The ASIN is B077414HJM.

kirk8677 · 11-01-2020, 06:27 PM

I sure would love to find a way to convert these to PDFs.....everything I've tried has failed.

jhowell · 11-01-2020, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirk8677

Thanks, I'm almost certain that's it. The ASIN is B077414HJM.

Yes. That is a fixed layout book.

kirk8677 · 11-01-2020, 07:03 PM

I am guessing it's not worth putting in a feature request for fixed layout? Has it been discussed?

kovidgoyal · 11-01-2020, 10:20 PM

I dont have any interest in fixed layout books, but patches are welcome.

11-01-2020, 02:07 PM	#1
kirk8677 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle	Another viewer problem, this time with AZW3 Hi all, I was having issues w/ an EPUB book last week, and it turns out that Calibre doesn't support fixed layout EPUB's. I'm now having what seems like a similar issue with an AZW3 bought on Amazon. I de-drm'ed it. It loads fine in the Kindle app, but when I read it in Calibre viewer, formatting is a mess. Is this some kind of unspported AZW3? And any way to convert it to something usable?

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11-01-2020, 05:27 PM	#2
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,498 Karma: 84420419 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Device: Kindles	Kindle books in KF8 (azw3) format may also be fixed layout and those are also unsupported by calibre. If you give the ten character ASIN identifier for the book it will be possible to determine if that is the case for that book.

11-01-2020, 06:24 PM	#3
kirk8677 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle	Thanks, I'm almost certain that's it. The ASIN is B077414HJM.

11-01-2020, 06:27 PM	#4
kirk8677 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle	I sure would love to find a way to convert these to PDFs.....everything I've tried has failed.

11-01-2020, 07:03 PM	#6
kirk8677 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle	I am guessing it's not worth putting in a feature request for fixed layout? Has it been discussed?

11-01-2020, 10:20 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,866 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I dont have any interest in fixed layout books, but patches are welcome.