This is NOT a DRM question/issue.
I need assistance converting my Apple Books to Mobi format. I entered the directory on my Mac where I downloaded all of the .epub files for my Apple Books (334 of them. I know, it took me several years to see the light on a Kindle).
I was able to input the files into Calibre and export them into Mobi (about 200 of them are DRM free, the DRM ones obviously didn't work). A quick check after transferring them to my Kindle shows that overall the process was successful (I didn't dig into it enough to check any minor issues, but the books are there). My only problem is that the book metadata (Title and cover mainly) are't there. In Calibre it also shows Author as "Unknown", but on the Kindle it has the proper Author on the generic book cover. The book name is just a random number (which is how the Apple Book .epub files are named).
I tried to download metadata with Calibre but that didn't work. I used the "Extract ISBN" plugin, which successfully pulled the ISBNs for about 30 of my 300+ books. When I did another download metadata, almost all of the books with an ISBN pulled the proper data (yay)!
My current solution is to go down the numbered file names one at a time and input the ISBN into Calibre individually, then run the download metadata command again. With 300 books this could take a while.
Is there any way I may be missing that will allow me to transfer the Metadata easier? (Again, at least 200 of these books are DRM-free).
Thank you!
I need assistance converting my Apple Books to Mobi format. I entered the directory on my Mac where I downloaded all of the .epub files for my Apple Books (334 of them. I know, it took me several years to see the light on a Kindle).
I was able to input the files into Calibre and export them into Mobi (about 200 of them are DRM free, the DRM ones obviously didn't work). A quick check after transferring them to my Kindle shows that overall the process was successful (I didn't dig into it enough to check any minor issues, but the books are there). My only problem is that the book metadata (Title and cover mainly) are't there. In Calibre it also shows Author as "Unknown", but on the Kindle it has the proper Author on the generic book cover. The book name is just a random number (which is how the Apple Book .epub files are named).
I tried to download metadata with Calibre but that didn't work. I used the "Extract ISBN" plugin, which successfully pulled the ISBNs for about 30 of my 300+ books. When I did another download metadata, almost all of the books with an ISBN pulled the proper data (yay)!
My current solution is to go down the numbered file names one at a time and input the ISBN into Calibre individually, then run the download metadata command again. With 300 books this could take a while.
Is there any way I may be missing that will allow me to transfer the Metadata easier? (Again, at least 200 of these books are DRM-free).
Thank you!