Re: EPUB files crash my e-book reader

[Albert Krewinkel <albert+pandoc-9EawChwDxG8hFhg+JK9F0w@public.gmane.org>]

The only thing I can think of is to try and use EPUB2 instead of EPUB3.
Maybe the reader doesn't like some EPUB3 feature that's triggered by
these websites? Try this:

    pandoc -o mypage.epub -t epub2 mypage.html

HTH,
Albert

Gilles <codecomplete-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I used the following commands to turn a couple of web pages into EPUB to read on
> my no-name reader:
>
> wget -O mypage.html http://www.acme.com/somepage.html
> pandoc.2.9.2.1.exe -o mypage.epub mypage.html
>
> (Until I gather the courage of installing a new, 64-bit computer and
> re-installing all my stuff, that is the most recent release of Pando I can use
> because I'm still running 32-bit Windows7.)
>
> For some reason, those two URLs freeze my reader after turning them into EPUB
> files, although they open fin in Windows using SumatraPDF :
>
> https://www.vox.com/22346085/covid-19-vietnam-response-travel-restrictions
> https://www.vox.com/22380161/south-korea-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-contact-tracing-testing
>
> I haven't experienced that with other files, be they EPUB or PDF.
>
> Any idea what I could try in the meantime ?
>
> Thank you.


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