ePub to Mobi Format

greeny · 02-24-2009, 09:34 AM

Hi Guys, I've had a look around the site but can't seem to find what I want, so I'm hoping someone here can help. I have a Cybook and do love it to bits. I have recently read Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained by Peter F Hamilton and thought they were brilliant. I would like to start his new trilogy but can only find the second book in ePub format (drm free from panmacmillan). I don't want to start the first book until I know I can get the second and third (when released) in a format I can use on the Cybook.
So, getting to the point, is there any software that can convert an ePub format to a mobipocket format so I can read it on my Cybook? If there is, can you give me a really good set of details of how to do it and where to get the software from?

Really appreciate any help you guys can give me

HarryT · 02-24-2009, 09:36 AM

Windows Desktop MobiPocket Reader can convert ePub to Mobi.

greeny · 02-24-2009, 09:48 AM

Hi Harry T, Is this software that you can download from the Mobipocket site (The reader software that connects to you device?)
Many thanks for your help

wallcraft · 02-24-2009, 09:48 AM

Windows MobiPocket Reader does not go a very good job on ePub to MOBI conversion, it does not convert the table of contents for example, but it may be good enough.

Generally a better bet is Calibre (it has its own forum here), which has excellent conversion from ePub to MOBI and the Calibre team will actually fix bugs (MobiPocket has an incredibly long development cycle). I use Calibre's command line tools (oeb2mobi or any2mobi), but the GUI will also work.

HarryT · 02-24-2009, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greeny

Hi Harry T, Is this software that you can download from the Mobipocket site (The reader software that connects to you device?)
Many thanks for your help

Yes, it is.

GeoffC · 02-24-2009, 10:14 AM

Excuse, but isn't it more correct to use .prc when referring to mobipocket files? - or am I missing something....(isn't Mobi/MOBI something else?)

MsAstoria · 02-24-2009, 10:17 AM

I think they are both the same? But I could be wrong.

HarryT · 02-24-2009, 10:19 AM

Modern versions of the Mobipocket Reader (such as the Gen3 has) are happy to accept either ".prc" or ".mobi" as the file extension, and files can be renamed from one extension to the other with no difference in functionality. Older versions of the Mobi reader would only accept ".prc", but they are still generally referred to as "Mobi" or "MobiPocket" files.

wallcraft · 02-24-2009, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Excuse, but isn't it more correct to use .prc when referring to mobipocket files? - or am I missing something....(isn't Mobi/MOBI something else?)

The .prc filename extension refers to a particular kind of PalmOS file, which can contain a MobiPocket ebook or something else (if it is an ebook, it is usually a MOBI). Older MobiPocket ebooks were always in .prc files, but newer ones can be .prc or .mobi. From the wiki, see PRC and MOBI.

GeoffC · 02-24-2009, 10:24 AM

Thanks guys

greeny · 02-24-2009, 02:54 PM

Hi guys, thanks for all your replies, I think I shall give Calibre a go.

02-24-2009, 09:34 AM	#1
greeny Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Cybook	ePub to Mobi Format Hi Guys, I've had a look around the site but can't seem to find what I want, so I'm hoping someone here can help. I have a Cybook and do love it to bits. I have recently read Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained by Peter F Hamilton and thought they were brilliant. I would like to start his new trilogy but can only find the second book in ePub format (drm free from panmacmillan). I don't want to start the first book until I know I can get the second and third (when released) in a format I can use on the Cybook. So, getting to the point, is there any software that can convert an ePub format to a mobipocket format so I can read it on my Cybook? If there is, can you give me a really good set of details of how to do it and where to get the software from? Really appreciate any help you guys can give me

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02-24-2009, 09:36 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Windows Desktop MobiPocket Reader can convert ePub to Mobi.

02-24-2009, 09:48 AM	#3
greeny Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Cybook	Hi Harry T, Is this software that you can download from the Mobipocket site (The reader software that connects to you device?) Many thanks for your help

02-24-2009, 09:48 AM	#4
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	Windows MobiPocket Reader does not go a very good job on ePub to MOBI conversion, it does not convert the table of contents for example, but it may be good enough. Generally a better bet is Calibre (it has its own forum here), which has excellent conversion from ePub to MOBI and the Calibre team will actually fix bugs (MobiPocket has an incredibly long development cycle). I use Calibre's command line tools (oeb2mobi or any2mobi), but the GUI will also work.

02-24-2009, 10:14 AM	#6
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Excuse, but isn't it more correct to use .prc when referring to mobipocket files? - or am I missing something....(isn't Mobi/MOBI something else?)

02-24-2009, 10:17 AM	#7
MsAstoria Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 47344 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Astoria, Oregon, USA Device: Kindle Fire HDX, iPhone (yes, I read on my phone)	I think they are both the same? But I could be wrong.

02-24-2009, 10:19 AM	#8
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Modern versions of the Mobipocket Reader (such as the Gen3 has) are happy to accept either ".prc" or ".mobi" as the file extension, and files can be renamed from one extension to the other with no difference in functionality. Older versions of the Mobi reader would only accept ".prc", but they are still generally referred to as "Mobi" or "MobiPocket" files.

02-24-2009, 10:24 AM	#10
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Thanks guys

02-24-2009, 02:54 PM	#11
greeny Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Cybook	Hi guys, thanks for all your replies, I think I shall give Calibre a go.

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