HTML to Kindle export - garbled

Mon, 03/02/2009 - 11:26 — Anonymous

When I export an HTML file as Kindle format, it appears garbled on my Kindle. The entry shows in the list of books, but when I open it the characters are all squares.

It shows normally in the Stanza desktop viewer.

I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but can't seem to figure it out.

Stanza Support

Mon, 06/29/2009 - 00:36 — Jimmy (not verified)

there is a lot of help on

there is a lot of help on this subject over at Mobilereader Forums if you haven't found the answer yet.. give that a shot. Lots of helpful folks

Mon, 06/29/2009 - 00:44 — Jimmysack

Mobileread Forum link incase

Mobileread Forum link incase anyone is too lazy to google it.

Tue, 03/03/2009 - 18:33 — Emily

Hey Anonymous -- are you

Hey Anonymous -- are you using a Kindle 2? Thanks!

Thu, 03/05/2009 - 17:55 — Anonymous (not verified)

Kindle2

Yes, I'm using a Kindle2 (and a Mac for the Stanza app). Unfortunately, Calibre stinks even worse. It crashes when I attempt to convert/open an html file...

Thu, 03/05/2009 - 18:04 — Emily

There might be something new with Kindle 2 that makes this happen. Can you try opening the HTML file in a browser, and then copying and pasting the text into a text file, and then converting that text file to .azw using Stanza Desktop? Does that work any better?

Thu, 03/05/2009 - 18:32 — Anonymous (not verified)

text file

Well, I can send .txt files directly to the Kindle2 via USB, so Stanza isn't needed in that situation. I was just hoping to find something on the Mac that would be able to do the same with HTML files as the Kindle doesn't deal with them natively.

When I run windows using VMware Fusion on the Mac I am able to use Mobipocket creator on the PC to do this HTML->prc conversion just fine.

Thu, 03/05/2009 - 18:52 — Emily