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Old 03-07-2010, 01:29 PM   #1
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Can Calibre Leave Books Where They Are?
If I have an eBook directory on my PC:

eBook Library/Fiction/Suspense/Baldacci/The Camel Club.epub

Can I have Calibre convert that epub to mobi format and leave both copies in the original directory, without creating any new folders?

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Old 03-07-2010, 02:36 PM   #2
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If I have an eBook directory on my PC:

eBook Library/Fiction/Suspense/Baldacci/The Camel Club.epub

Can I have Calibre convert that epub to mobi format and leave both copies in the original directory, without creating any new folders?

Thanks.
Use the CLI and standalone:
ebook-convert input_file output_file [options]
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Use the CLI and standalone:
ebook-convert input_file output_file [options]
I would be happy to do that if I had any idea what it meant - which means I probably shouldn't do it
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I would be happy to do that if I had any idea what it meant - which means I probably shouldn't do it
What that does is Forces Calibre to convert a book totally outside it's normal Library storage structure.
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I would be happy to do that if I had any idea what it meant - which means I probably shouldn't do it
Sorry, CLI= command line interface, which means to type "cmd" in the run box of Windows to open a terminal session, a.k.a. dos box, a.k.a. command window then type:
ebook-convert c:\book1.lit c:\book1.epub
for book1.lit located on the root of the C: drive to convert it from lit to epub. This runs the standalone version of one of the modules that makes up Calibre. (The book-convert module.) Add options as necessary.

Is that a little more clear?
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That's "a lot" more clear. Thanks.
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