06-23-2010, 10:23 PM | #1 |
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ePub to MOBI with Pictures
I am sorry if this question has been answered, but I cannot find it anywhere in the threads. I am using Adobe ID5 to create an ePub document that contains pictures. When I do the conversion to ePub with ID5, I have no problems with page layout. The pictures are jpg.
However, when I use Calibre to convert to MOBI, the pictures cause a page break before the text starts. Does anyone know what is going on? Thank you. |
06-23-2010, 10:36 PM | #2 |
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If the pictures are large then some mobi viewers will automatically put them on a screen by themselves. That's not a page break its just something that viewers do. Try a smaller picture and see.
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06-24-2010, 10:15 AM | #3 |
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When you say size, are you saying file size (kb vs mb) or pic size (pixel dimensions)? I have various sizes of both and all of them seem to do the same thing. Note also, I have viewed the MOBI file on both a Kindle and Kindle for PC and both seem to do the same thing. As for Kindle for PC, I can adjust the window and it still shows the same way. That is why I figure it is a "page break".
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pixel size
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Do you know the max pixel size or does it vary depending on the device?
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06-24-2010, 11:36 AM | #6 |
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It varies.
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Thank you for the information. To let you know, I got all of them down to less than 200x200 pixels, but it did not work. I had originally had the picture above the title. However, when I switched the two (i.e. title on top), it worked with the original jpegs which were well over 500x500 each. Thanks again!
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Letter conversion epub -> mobi
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I think I have found a problem (with Calibre 0.77, kindle, MacOS 10.6) when converting some (one?) letters from epub to mobi format. Conversion from to really should be: "ĉ" "ae" "ĉ" (lower case) ("ĝ","Ĝ" conversion was fine) These letter conversions are yet untested: "Ĉ" (upper case) "ċ" (lower case) "Ċ" (upper case) - The front page image looked fine. - Test text: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29392 epub was converted in the export process. mobi was copied directly to Kindle and "ĉ" looked fine. kind regards, Glenn Last edited by Glenndk; 07-08-2010 at 04:12 PM. Reason: forgot title |
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check the keep ligatures option in conversion settings.
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Worked!
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Letter conversion epub -> mobi - request
Could you please consider by default not to do, the conversion of "ĉ,Ĉ" into "ae,AE" in Calibre in Danish, Norwegian, or Icelandic languages, or Old English (non-latin!) texts, because in these languages it is a distinct letter.
I found this to support it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typogra...g_as_ligatures "... The character Ĉ - lower case ĉ (in ancient times named ĉsc) when used in the Danish, Norwegian, or Icelandic languages, or Old English, is *not* a typographic ligature. It is a distinct lettera voweland when alphabetised, is given a different place in the alphabetic order. ... Ĉ comes from Medieval Latin, where it was an optional ligature in some words, for example, "Ĉneas". It is still found as a variant in English and French, but the trend has recently been towards printing the A and E separately.[7] Similarly, and , while normally printed as ligatures in French, can be replaced by component letters if technical restrictions require it. ..." Last edited by Glenndk; 07-09-2010 at 04:39 AM. |
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News with "ĉ" still gets translated
Even though I have checked the keep ligatures option, "ĉ" still gets translated to "ae" in the news (mobi-format; epub format was apparently not generated).
- By the way - the news system is at this time, the best bonus feature I have discovered since I got the ebook - thanks. Last edited by Glenndk; 07-09-2010 at 08:51 AM. |
07-09-2010, 11:00 AM | #13 |
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Will be fixed in next release.
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