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Continuous scroll for ePub reader in PWA

Is anyone aware of limitations that would prevent an ePub reader within a PWA built with Typescript/Javascript in an Ionic/Angular framework from having continuous/infinite scroll?
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How to know what is wrong with an ePub file converted from FB2 and not able to be opened by iBooks?

I have an EPUB file converted from FB2 by my own programmatically. I need to convert exactly programmatically because I'm going to develop an iOS app which should take an FB2 file, convert it to EPUB and then display to the user as EPUB. The…
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Scan epub and pdf to ascertain absence of malware

Is it possible to verify the absence of malware in epub and pdf files?. I'm using a MacBook Air, macOS Catalina, and iPad mini iOS 13. What program can I use?
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Syncing highlights made on kindle with kindle for Mac

I have a Kindle Paperwhite, on which I've transferred books from my Mac using calibre. While reading on my kindle, I've made some notes and highlights. How do I go about syncing these highlights and notes with the Kindle app on my Mac? Note I'm not…
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What ebook reader synchronises between Windows and Android?

What e-books software synchonizes between a Windows PC and an Android smartphone? Currently I use FBreader for my phone and Microsoft Edge for PC. But it's not convenient, because I need to download the book to my phone and PC, and when I finish…
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Is it posible to compact calibre library?

Haven't found any archiving functionality in Calibre by myself, so assuming it doesn't exist. I am right? How can I shrink the library size using Calibre without changing a books format?
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convert mobi to epub

Can somebody help me convert this mobi file into a different format, such as pdf/epub? I've tried both online services and software, but it fails and even freezes in readers as the file is too many pages long; therefore dividing it into several…
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Can I force Calibre flow mode to ignore page breaks and never skip pages like paginated mode?

The icon for Flow mode shows a viewport with the bottom half of one page on the top followed by the top half of the next page underneath it. But I've found that when I activate Flow mode this only happens for regular pages. Certain boundaries such…
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Can I use books from pdfdrive.com (legally) for my learning purpose?

My title says it all. Since I found many books too pricey, but I found some of them available free of cost on pdfdrive.com can I use them for my learning purpose legally?
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JPG loses quality during ePUB to PDF conversion with calibre

I have a ePUB with a bunch of formulas as JPG files. In the ePUB they are super crisp, but during ePUB to PDF conversion with calibre all the images become blurry, I'd imagine they are JPG compressed. How can this be fixed?
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How to choose where/which to buy ebook/book online?

When searching for George Orwell's 1984, different results appear where one can buy the book. Like on kindle, or at play store here and here. Can someone help me understand as to why all the options have ISBN numbers? why there is difference in the…
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Transfer epub from Android phone to Kobo reader

Is it possible to transfer an epub from an Android phone to a Kobo reader not using the Kobo app? For links, getpocket provides a way: I send the link to add@getpocket.com where I registered my email address and then I can synchronise under Articles…
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css - select only when followed by specific element

I have a specific problem in which I need to remove the margin-bottom of every Element that has a class only when followed by the same element with the same class. So p.1 has a margin-bottom:1em to give space to any other element that comes after…
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Selective substrings in TOC - calibre

I have 100 HTML files with a structure like this:
14 April 2015
16 April 2015
1 June 2015
5 June 2015
12 November…
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How to show all the books under a tag and its subtags?

Calibre has a feature that lets you create subtags. See "Making subgroups of tags" in the official blog post. Now to actually get hierarchical tags, in the tags section of the metadata entry enter a tag of the form MainTag.SubTag. Like in the top…
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