Questions tagged [epub]
Electronic Publications (ePUB) is a free and open e-book standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). Files have the extension .epub.
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Destructive cropping of text outside of view in PDF(after crop by BRISS) for conversion to epub [closed]
I have vision issues and read eBooks with TTS. But a lot of eBooks are only available in PDF format and PDFs are awful when you convert them to ePub because of headers and footers.
Then I found a FOSS ...
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Why does <right-click>Properties for an epub file cause the file manager (Caja) to crash?
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Ubuntu MATE 20.04
Linux 5.4.0-153-generic
#170-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 16 13:43:31 UTC 2023
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I've created a script [see script 1] which bundles up an EPUB file.
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How to search for formatted text in EPUB?
When reading a book, I add it to the catalog on one of the book cataloging websites. Then I go through the book's bibliography and mark all mentioned books "to-read". Sometimes bibliography ...
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How to search for exact word/phrase in multiple PDF/Epub documents at once?
I have several folders divided by genre and each folder contains many books which are in PDF and Epub formats. Right now if I want to find specific word/phrase I have to do this in a traditional way, ...
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Converting from EPUB to PDF scrambles text. When I copy paste it, it turns up normal, but when viewing, it's a bunch of random characters
I am exporting an ebook from epub to pdf, for view on my computer. I don't want to use it on an e reader, I just want a straight pdf.
As I export, it seems I can maintain page breaks, but the cover ...
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View expiry date of an epub file
Is there an easy way to see the expiry date of an epub file? Maybe an explorer extension that shows it in the files details pane? Or a script?
The software that I use to synchronize with my Sony e-...
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How do I convert manpages/info files to EPUB?
I like to read the manual pages on my e-reader. What is the best way to convert the manpages/info files into EPUBs?
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how do I search an ebook in epub format on a Mac?
I have purchased an e-book from ebooks.com in epub format.
I need to read it on a MAC, and I need to search for specific phrases.
Is this possible, and how?
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Adobe Digital Editions - Only the Cover Pages on all E-books are Displaying - pages blank
Fresh install of Adobe Digital Editions. I deleted all folders (program data / app data) prior to the reinstall. No change. I've never used this app on this computer before. It didn't work on ...
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Is it possible to convert an EPUB file to HTML? [closed]
There are many questions and answers for reverse direction of converting HTML to EPUB but what about converting an EPUB file to HTML?
There are many tools that can extract CHM (Microsoft Compiled HTML ...
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Microsoft Edge has stopped opening EPUB files
Yesterday, MS Edge was working beautifully, opening all EPUB files. Today, Edge has stopped opening EPUB files at all.
Are all my annotations lost? Is there any way to get it to open EPUB files again?...
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How do you export annotations from an EPUB file done in Microsoft Edge?
For me, the best thing about Edge was that It allowed you to open EPUB files as you shall open PDFs in Chrome as well as add your own Annotations (notes, underlines, comments, highlights, etc ), ...
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Convert epub file to pdf : are there new solutions with a high quality converting?
I would like if threre are new solutions to convert with high-quality an EPUB file to get a PDF.
I read the following post which tells that best converting is performed with "calibre" :
convert epub ...
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Calibre: difference between print to PDF and conver to PDF
I'm trying to convert an EPUB/AZW3 to PDF.
And there're 2 options
1. Print to PDF from the side bar of book view
There are only a few options, but the rendering is very good (without unncessary ...
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Calibre: how to avoid unnecessary new pages (page breaks) when converting ePub/AZW3 to PDF?
I'm trying to convert a azw3 to PDF, using Calibre.
The pages in calibre looks fine:
However, when convert to PDF, the pages becomes
To be specific, code and images generate too much unnecessary ...
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