Hyphenations in Kobo Plus books

Effie_O · 05-28-2024, 09:21 AM

Hello all, I have a problem with hyphenations.
I put my own kepubs (store bought) on my ereader via Calibre, which looks good. But I also read via a Kobo Plus subscription, those books go directly from Kobo website to my reader and I cannot get them through Calibre. These books look terrible, at least 5-10 hyphens per page.
I would also like to read these books without/with less disturbing hyphenations, just like my kepubs, but I can't figure it out.

My digital/technical knowledge is poor, I get lost in old messages about koboroot, dictionaries (I mainly read Dutch), add 'lefthyphenmin=8'....
Does anyone know if and how I can solve this?

Aleron Ives · 05-28-2024, 04:15 PM

When you get books through Kobo Plus, authors get paid based on page turns, time spent with the book open, and other statistics like that. If you remove the book from Kobo Plus and import it into Calbre to edit it, the authors won't get paid when you read it, so you really shouldn't do that.

If you hate the way books are formatted in Kobo Plus, you should cancel your subscription and buy the books directly so that you can decrypt and edit them to your liking.

Effie_O · 05-29-2024, 12:51 PM

Edit: double

Effie_O · 05-29-2024, 01:14 PM

I know that, I just added the Calibre thing trying to be clear. I was not

I found out other fonts look a lot better. Just thought there might be a setting in the ereader itself, to change hyphenation, thats all.

Aleron Ives · 05-29-2024, 04:18 PM

You can replace the hyphenation dictionary with the one from this thread:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=252405

but I believe the goal of this dictionary is to have more hyphenation, not less.

05-28-2024, 09:21 AM	#1
Effie_O Junior Member Posts: 10 Karma: 541344 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kobo Forma	Hyphenations in Kobo Plus books Hello all, I have a problem with hyphenations. I put my own kepubs (store bought) on my ereader via Calibre, which looks good. But I also read via a Kobo Plus subscription, those books go directly from Kobo website to my reader and I cannot get them through Calibre. These books look terrible, at least 5-10 hyphens per page. I would also like to read these books without/with less disturbing hyphenations, just like my kepubs, but I can't figure it out. My digital/technical knowledge is poor, I get lost in old messages about koboroot, dictionaries (I mainly read Dutch), add 'lefthyphenmin=8'.... Does anyone know if and how I can solve this?

05-29-2024, 12:51 PM	#3
Effie_O Junior Member Posts: 10 Karma: 541344 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kobo Forma	Edit: double Last edited by Effie_O; 05-29-2024 at 03:41 PM.

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05-28-2024, 04:15 PM	#2
Aleron Ives Wizard Posts: 1,347 Karma: 16297052 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	When you get books through Kobo Plus, authors get paid based on page turns, time spent with the book open, and other statistics like that. If you remove the book from Kobo Plus and import it into Calbre to edit it, the authors won't get paid when you read it, so you really shouldn't do that. If you hate the way books are formatted in Kobo Plus, you should cancel your subscription and buy the books directly so that you can decrypt and edit them to your liking.

05-29-2024, 01:14 PM	#4
Effie_O Junior Member Posts: 10 Karma: 541344 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kobo Forma	I know that, I just added the Calibre thing trying to be clear. I was not I found out other fonts look a lot better. Just thought there might be a setting in the ereader itself, to change hyphenation, thats all.

05-29-2024, 04:18 PM	#5
Aleron Ives Wizard Posts: 1,347 Karma: 16297052 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	You can replace the hyphenation dictionary with the one from this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=252405 but I believe the goal of this dictionary is to have more hyphenation, not less.