EPUB to PDB - losing TOC - Austen's Mansfield Park

notyou · 04-30-2010, 04:30 AM

Howdy... I'm trying to convert Mansfield Park to PDB so that my wife can do some occasional reading on her Palm Centro (and maybe I can get my Kindle back someday :-).

I'm starting with the either the epubBooks version (http://www.epubbooks.com/book/32/mansfield-park) or HarryT's illustrated version here (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54996).

With both EPUBs, I tried the default settings, and ended up with no TOC. I've tried "Force use of auto-generated Table of Contents", and under PDB Output I've tried "Inline TOC".

Would appreciate any advice/assistance. Conversions to MOBI went beautifully. The free version from the Kindle store doesn't have a functional TOC, so this is a welcome change there.

[On a sidenote -- I *really really* love having the ability to read books purchased anywhere on any platform. Calibre is a *great* product, and I'm going to donate some money right now, in fact.]

[Not that I'm admitting that I've done such things, but converting a copy of _Cryptonomicon_ purchased for the Peanut Reader on my Zire 71 back in 2003 and having it be readable on my Kindle... well, if that was possible, that'd be really awesome. ;-P And since the Kindle version of _The Girl Who Played With Fire_ inexplicably lacks a functional TOC, but the Kobo version does... well, it sure is nice that it's *possible* to convert that EPUB to MOBI. I mean, except that it would be a violation of DMCA. :-P]

kovidgoyal · 04-30-2010, 09:44 AM

I suggest opening a ticket and attaching the epub file in question. That way user_none, who wrote the PDB output plugin is more likely to notice.

notyou · 05-01-2010, 01:10 AM

Oh, it was simply user error. After doing some searches in the ticket tracking system I discovered I needed to specify the specific PDB format I wanted, ereader, and not doc.

It would help if that drop-down menu was closer to the field name for Format.

04-30-2010, 04:30 AM	#1
notyou Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 1140 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle / Palm Pre / iPhone	EPUB to PDB - losing TOC - Austen's Mansfield Park Howdy... I'm trying to convert Mansfield Park to PDB so that my wife can do some occasional reading on her Palm Centro (and maybe I can get my Kindle back someday :-). I'm starting with the either the epubBooks version (http://www.epubbooks.com/book/32/mansfield-park) or HarryT's illustrated version here (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54996). With both EPUBs, I tried the default settings, and ended up with no TOC. I've tried "Force use of auto-generated Table of Contents", and under PDB Output I've tried "Inline TOC". Would appreciate any advice/assistance. Conversions to MOBI went beautifully. The free version from the Kindle store doesn't have a functional TOC, so this is a welcome change there. [On a sidenote -- I really really love having the ability to read books purchased anywhere on any platform. Calibre is a great product, and I'm going to donate some money right now, in fact.] [Not that I'm admitting that I've done such things, but converting a copy of _Cryptonomicon_ purchased for the Peanut Reader on my Zire 71 back in 2003 and having it be readable on my Kindle... well, if that was possible, that'd be really awesome. ;-P And since the Kindle version of _The Girl Who Played With Fire_ inexplicably lacks a functional TOC, but the Kobo version does... well, it sure is nice that it's possible to convert that EPUB to MOBI. I mean, except that it would be a violation of DMCA. :-P]

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04-30-2010, 09:44 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,253 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I suggest opening a ticket and attaching the epub file in question. That way user_none, who wrote the PDB output plugin is more likely to notice.

05-01-2010, 01:10 AM	#3
notyou Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 1140 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle / Palm Pre / iPhone	Oh, it was simply user error. After doing some searches in the ticket tracking system I discovered I needed to specify the specific PDB format I wanted, ereader, and not doc. It would help if that drop-down menu was closer to the field name for Format.

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