Conversion from Fictionwise ereader format

ShellShock · 12-31-2009, 11:45 AM

How good is the conversion the latest version of Calibre does from Fictionwise ereader format (assuming no DRM)? I normally convert from Microsoft .lit, but ereader is the only option in this case.

Output format will be LRF; I generally "tweak" my LRF output anyway, over and above what Calibre does--I convert LRF to LRS, edit the LRS and then convert back to LRF, so as long as the ereader to LRF is reasonable I can take it from there.

Thanks

I have just noticed that FW have some free ereader books so I'll try it for myself.

user_none · 12-31-2009, 05:49 PM

Let me know what you think and what you think can be done better. If you have any issues be sure to open a ticket. Also, make sure you're using the latest version. Around 0.6.30ish I rewrote the input parser.

ChristopherTD · 01-01-2010, 04:56 AM

I am about to experiment with this, moving some 200+ books to ePub, but am going slowly at the moment. The sample book seems to be converted well on the whole, but large images seem to span multiple pages rather than fit on one page and allow zoom?

This could be a function of the margins perhaps?

I am using 0.6.30 (not keen to update further just yet as some folks are having problems on OS/X)

ShellShock · 01-01-2010, 06:47 AM

There seems to be a problem with double and single quotes. In the HTML I extracted from the eReader file, there is no character encoding specified; an opening double quote is encoded as 147 (0x93); this not changed by the conversion to LRF and does not display in the LRF viewer. I think the same is happening for conversion to ePUB.

user_none · 01-01-2010, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChristopherTD

large images seem to span multiple pages rather than fit on one page and allow zoom?

Open a ticket for epub output and attach a book that is displaying this behavior.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShellShock

]In the HTML I extracted from the eReader file, there is no character encoding specified

You will need to manually specify the encoding as cp1252. calibre defaults to utf-8 if it is not defined.

ChristopherTD · 01-01-2010, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by user_none

Open a ticket for epub output and attach a book that is displaying this behavior.
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I have created ticket #4382: Images in conversion from PDB to ePub span pages. The book is a commercial title, which I am happy to provide privately for you to reproduce the behaviour.

12-31-2009, 11:45 AM	#1
ShellShock Wizard Posts: 1,178 Karma: 2431850 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: IPad Mini 2 Retina	Conversion from Fictionwise ereader format How good is the conversion the latest version of Calibre does from Fictionwise ereader format (assuming no DRM)? I normally convert from Microsoft .lit, but ereader is the only option in this case. Output format will be LRF; I generally "tweak" my LRF output anyway, over and above what Calibre does--I convert LRF to LRS, edit the LRS and then convert back to LRF, so as long as the ereader to LRF is reasonable I can take it from there. Thanks I have just noticed that FW have some free ereader books so I'll try it for myself.

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12-31-2009, 05:49 PM	#2
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	Let me know what you think and what you think can be done better. If you have any issues be sure to open a ticket. Also, make sure you're using the latest version. Around 0.6.30ish I rewrote the input parser.

01-01-2010, 04:56 AM	#3
ChristopherTD Addict Posts: 343 Karma: 1010002 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London. UK Device: Marvin Reader on iPad Air (via Calibre)	I am about to experiment with this, moving some 200+ books to ePub, but am going slowly at the moment. The sample book seems to be converted well on the whole, but large images seem to span multiple pages rather than fit on one page and allow zoom? This could be a function of the margins perhaps? I am using 0.6.30 (not keen to update further just yet as some folks are having problems on OS/X)

01-01-2010, 06:47 AM	#4
ShellShock Wizard Posts: 1,178 Karma: 2431850 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: IPad Mini 2 Retina	There seems to be a problem with double and single quotes. In the HTML I extracted from the eReader file, there is no character encoding specified; an opening double quote is encoded as 147 (0x93); this not changed by the conversion to LRF and does not display in the LRF viewer. I think the same is happening for conversion to ePUB.

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