Questions tagged [footnotes]
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Convert PDF to Epub, advanced features
I've read all similar questions here, and most of the answers suggest using calibre for this task, however, I'm trying to improve the output. Here I explain:
I've extracted text from a PDF using ...
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Is there a way to get e-readers to change endnotes into footnotes?
I use Calibre on Linux and have a kindle (not sure the model but it has touchscreen and a built in light).
I'm wondering if there's a way to get these readers to move endnotes to the bottom of the ...
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How do I direct links in popup-footnotes directly to main text?
Using calibre and epub3 I'm using popup footnotes (with epub:type). In some of the footnotes I present links (ex. a link to Chapter 2) to the main text. This referred text should not be presented in ...
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EpubCheck in Calibre gives errors with epub:type and aside
I get these two errors:
ERROR(RSC-005): Error while parsing file 'attribute "epub:type" not allowed here;
ERROR(RSC-005): Error while parsing file 'element "aside" not allowed anywhere;
How can I ...
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how to extract notes from a mobi book?
How can I extract highlighted text, stored in a .mbp file?
This specific book was sent to the Kindle as a .mobi converted from an EPUB. Is there maybe an operation to regenerate My Clippings? Or, ...
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Kindle text editor?
Take note has a nice interface:
But how do I install onto a seventh generation basic Kindle? (Not fire, not paperwhite, just "regular".)
Would love a simple text editor outside of adding notes to a ...
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Is it better to let a footnote link wrap to the next line or force it to remain with the last word block it references?
I'm preping an Epub file and found an example on my reader where a footnote link rolled to the next line. E.G.,
This is some random text.[17] After this is more.
becomes in my reader...
This is ...
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Kindle footnote preview overflow
I am creating an ebook. I'm making the epub in Sigil, and then converting it to mobi in Calibre. Not that it matters, but I'm working on Ubuntu.
I have endnotes set up as follows:
In the chapters, I ...
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Automating Footnote Links
I'm working with Dreamweaver, InDesign and BBEdit, so a solution that works with any of these programs would be great.
I'm converting a book that's in the public domain to an ebook. Each chapter has ...
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writing inline footnotes for html to mobi conversion using calibre
I'm generating html code that I convert to .mobi format using Calibre. I have implemented endnotes with backlinks as follows:
text.html:
this is some text <a id="footnote1" href='footnotes/1....
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How to handle footnotes when working with epub files
I am trying to digitize a book into epub format based on a scan. I have come to a page with some footnotes attached at the bottom. Where would I put these in an Epub? At the end of the chapter?
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footnote as popup in epub
In an ebook I bought, if you click on the number of a footnote the text of the note appears as a popup, and you may choose to close the popup or go to the chapter with footnotes. I noticed this ...
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