Questionable Question Marks

diggozo · 12-09-2009, 12:35 PM

I have recently downloaded the complete Sharpe series in EPub which reads perfectly in Calibre and on the Sony Library on my computer (WinXP).

However, when I export them to my PRS300 there are question marks dotted indiscriminately amongst the sentences e.g . . .

"The Spa?nis?h Major he?ld out h?is hand and slow?ly rem?ove?d the g?love"

Does anyone have any ideas about how I can cure this ?

HarryT · 12-09-2009, 02:22 PM

They are probably "soft hyphens", and, for whatever reason, the Sony is not displaying them correctly.

diggozo · 12-29-2009, 12:01 PM

Thought that this would be of interest to anyone else suffering from the problem of "Questionable Question Marks"

Discovered that I could "cure" the problem by converting the EPub format file into EPub Format using Calibre.

Don't know why but it did the job . . no more ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

12-09-2009, 12:35 PM	#1
diggozo Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: Sony Pocket Reader	Questionable Question Marks I have recently downloaded the complete Sharpe series in EPub which reads perfectly in Calibre and on the Sony Library on my computer (WinXP). However, when I export them to my PRS300 there are question marks dotted indiscriminately amongst the sentences e.g . . . "The Spa?nis?h Major he?ld out h?is hand and slow?ly rem?ove?d the g?love" Does anyone have any ideas about how I can cure this ?

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12-09-2009, 02:22 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	They are probably "soft hyphens", and, for whatever reason, the Sony is not displaying them correctly.

12-29-2009, 12:01 PM	#3
diggozo Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: Sony Pocket Reader	Thought that this would be of interest to anyone else suffering from the problem of "Questionable Question Marks" Discovered that I could "cure" the problem by converting the EPub format file into EPub Format using Calibre. Don't know why but it did the job . . no more ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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