Bulk conversion in Calibre
I have been attempting to figure out a way to bulk convert my books into mobi format inside Calibre itself. I would like to do it there rather than using an outside script so the database will be in...
View ArticleMultiple TOCs at end of book
A lot of my books have more than one TOC at the end. Does Calibre create a new and separate TOC at every conversion? If so, can one prevent that?
View ArticleConversion over-wrote my edited epub file
Here is what happened to me yesterday: I wanted to edit a book to improve its format but thought I should make a backup in case I wrecked the file. The easiest way for me to do that from within Calibre...
View ArticleRequest regarding CSS generation
Hi, I have a small (?) request for the developers, if they/anyone is interested. Currently the CSS generated by the conversion engine does not include a semi-colon after the last declaration. Now I...
View ArticleOnly Convert PDFs with embedded OCRed text to EPUB?
Is there a way to find only PDFs that have embedded text (such as OCRed PDFs) and only convert those PDFs to EPUB? Thanks
View ArticleLists and sublists from ePub to azw3
Hi, I have no problem with the sublist in the ePub, it looks like: 1. a. paragraph b. paragraph c. paragraph 2. a. paragraph b. paragraph But when I convert it to azw3 it lools like: 1. a. paragraph 2....
View ArticleChapters are all in CAPS
Hi, i have a PDF file with no page-breaks or anything between chapters, i wnat to convert it to e pub, but with chapter detection. all the chapter names are in caps. Any help is greatly apreciated.
View ArticleHTML to Mobi conversion is adding border to all table cells
Using version 0.9.11, tables converted from HTML to Mobi are having borders added to them. Neither the table attribute border='0' nor style="border: none" override this. The tables look fine in the...
View ArticleLeft aligned conversion
Okay sorry in advance I'm not very knowledgable in how to convert ebooks. But everytime I convert a book, no matter what options I change, the layout and format of the book is changed to where all the...
View Article"invalid start byte" when trying to open a azw3 file with calibre
Hi! I have a problem when trying to open an azw3 file with calibre. I get the error messages " invalid start byte". Something similar occurs if I try to convert it, but it has no DRM protection. Could...
View ArticleFewer pages after conversion, did something go wrong?
I just tried to convert an epub formated book with 808 pages into a mobi formate. I ended up with 636 pages, that's a lot fewer pages... did something go wrong in the process?
View ArticleI will pay for a quick good conversion: PDF to Kindle, Buffett's Letters
I have a PDF of Warren Buffett's letters from 1957 onward. I would like to convert this to .MOBI or .AZW for my Kindle. I can do a decent job myself, but I imagine an expert here can spend 5 minutes on...
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From KINDLE MOBI to PDF > Margin errors
Hello I have a bought Kindle for PC book that I want to convert TO pdf, not from. Attached is the output file : clearly there are problems with the margin! I have tried practically all options but I do...
View Articleazw conversion
I am new to the forum so hope this is the correct way to ask about my problem. I have used calibre for quite a long time now since I bought a Kobo. I have recently bought a new selection of books that...
View ArticleDisabled links in Epub to pdf
Hello, here's yet another conversion question. So let me explain my problem briefly: I've got an epub file written with Sigil. This file contains inner and outer links. I convert this file to pdf...
View ArticleKindle Paperwhite Recommended Conversion Settings
I recently got a Kindle Paperwhite. I'm interested in knowing the recommended conversion settings. I mostly try to buy from Amazon but when I don't I get ePub books. I currently have azw3, azw2, azw,...
View Article2011 $79 Kindle w/ 4.1.0 sw: which file format is best to use and why?
I just read Mobi is not cool anymore: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2356956 Quote: Originally Posted by kovidgoyal (Post 2232885) MOBI is still the default. Amazon's support for KF8 is...
View ArticleHere is a script for "single click" conversion to EPUB format
Hello, I've just wrote a script for doing a "single click" conversion from any format (supported by Calibre) to EPUB. You can place the script in the Calibre executable folder, and then drag and drop...
View ArticleFile Size of ADE ePubs?
I imported a few ADE ePubs into Calibre and noticed the file sizes were very large- 2 to 5 MBs. These are not very large books. I opened them in Sigil and looked at the dozen or so images. Nothing...
View ArticleStop epub conversion compressing images -please
Hi, I am trying to convert a 30mb. (don't ask!) mobi to epub - and when I do it reduces the file to 12mb. When converting to mobi i have an option not to compress files - but when converting to epub I...
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