Mobi2html troubles

whitearrow · 07-16-2009, 04:11 PM

I liberated an Amazon .azw file -- just to fix the formatting, which had double-spaces between each paragraph and quadruple spaces between sections.

The dedrm went fine, and that file looks good when I open it in Mobi reader. But when I ran the file through mobi2html to get the html, the file had problems. Random characters were thrown all over the place, and at least in one place, a paragraph simply cuts off at least 4 sentences before its supposed to.

Any ideas, or alternative methods for digging out the html? I was hoping to just do a quick search and replace on whatever html markup was causing the double-spacing.

JSWolf · 07-16-2009, 04:44 PM

Try using Calibre to convert to HTML and then back to Mobipocket.

whitearrow · 07-16-2009, 05:23 PM

Thanks, will give that a try.

tompe · 07-17-2009, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whitearrow

I liberated an Amazon .azw file -- just to fix the formatting, which had double-spaces between each paragraph and quadruple spaces between sections.

The dedrm went fine, and that file looks good when I open it in Mobi reader. But when I ran the file through mobi2html to get the html, the file had problems. Random characters were thrown all over the place, and at least in one place, a paragraph simply cuts off at least 4 sentences before its supposed to.

Any ideas, or alternative methods for digging out the html? I was hoping to just do a quick search and replace on whatever html markup was causing the double-spacing.

That might be an UTF-8 problem. If you can give me the file I can see if this can be fixed in mobi2html.

wayrad · 07-18-2009, 05:41 PM

I'm having the same problem with a Mobi (.prc) book I just bought from Diesel. I don't see the issue when viewing the unDRM'd .prc file in Calibre, so it seems to be mobi2html that is having a problem with the encoding.

tompe · 07-18-2009, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wayrad

I'm having the same problem with a Mobi (.prc) book I just bought from Diesel. I don't see the issue when viewing the unDRM'd .prc file in Calibre, so it seems to be mobi2html that is having a problem with the encoding.

I totally hate to program for and solve problem for UTF-8 so Calibre is much better on handling UTF-8 coded files.

wayrad · 07-18-2009, 10:05 PM

Unfortunately Calibre refused to convert my deDRM'd file.

Wait, I just tried one last time, and didn't get an error message this time...hmmm...

OK, I got a file, but all the hyphens and quote marks (single and double) are replaced by question marks. I think the mobi2html output will be easier to clean up than that.

tompe · 07-18-2009, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wayrad

OK, I got a file, but all the hyphens and quote marks (single and double) are replaced by question marks. I think the mobi2html output will be easier to clean up than that.

Question marks might be the correct UTF-8 characters. Make sure that your font or program displaying the file can handle UTF-8. If it cannot it is common to get question marks.

wayrad · 07-19-2009, 08:41 PM

Thanks, that helped! I still haven't been able to get an error-free .rtf (my original goal), but after a bit of googling I was able to tweak Word to convert a plain text file to an error-free version.

Which isn't all that bad since .rtf and .txt look about the same in PalmFiction anyway.

Edited to add: Got the .rtf. PRC to Epub and back to .mobi with Calibre as suggested by JSWolf earlier, then mobi2html, then convert to .rtf and final cleanup of "hellip"s and "mdash"s in Word.

07-16-2009, 04:11 PM	#1
whitearrow Guru Posts: 808 Karma: 2260766 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Kindle Oasis 2	Mobi2html troubles I liberated an Amazon .azw file -- just to fix the formatting, which had double-spaces between each paragraph and quadruple spaces between sections. The dedrm went fine, and that file looks good when I open it in Mobi reader. But when I ran the file through mobi2html to get the html, the file had problems. Random characters were thrown all over the place, and at least in one place, a paragraph simply cuts off at least 4 sentences before its supposed to. Any ideas, or alternative methods for digging out the html? I was hoping to just do a quick search and replace on whatever html markup was causing the double-spacing.

07-18-2009, 10:05 PM	#7
wayrad Fanatic Posts: 551 Karma: 1121392 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Device: HTC One M8	Unfortunately Calibre refused to convert my deDRM'd file. Wait, I just tried one last time, and didn't get an error message this time...hmmm... OK, I got a file, but all the hyphens and quote marks (single and double) are replaced by question marks. I think the mobi2html output will be easier to clean up than that. Last edited by wayrad; 07-18-2009 at 10:14 PM.

07-19-2009, 08:41 PM	#9
wayrad Fanatic Posts: 551 Karma: 1121392 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Device: HTC One M8	Thanks, that helped! I still haven't been able to get an error-free .rtf (my original goal), but after a bit of googling I was able to tweak Word to convert a plain text file to an error-free version. Which isn't all that bad since .rtf and .txt look about the same in PalmFiction anyway. Edited to add: Got the .rtf. PRC to Epub and back to .mobi with Calibre as suggested by JSWolf earlier, then mobi2html, then convert to .rtf and final cleanup of "hellip"s and "mdash"s in Word. Last edited by wayrad; 07-19-2009 at 11:38 PM.

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07-16-2009, 04:44 PM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 78,202 Karma: 142517494 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Try using Calibre to convert to HTML and then back to Mobipocket.

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whitearrow Guru Posts: 808 Karma: 2260766 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Kindle Oasis 2	Thanks, will give that a try.

07-18-2009, 05:41 PM	#5
wayrad Fanatic Posts: 551 Karma: 1121392 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Device: HTC One M8	I'm having the same problem with a Mobi (.prc) book I just bought from Diesel. I don't see the issue when viewing the unDRM'd .prc file in Calibre, so it seems to be mobi2html that is having a problem with the encoding.

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