06-20-2013, 10:01 AM | #1 |
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Best way to convert from Mobi to ePub?
Best way to convert from Mobi to ePub?
Is there any thread that outlines this? Whats the best way to do this right now? |
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https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61986 Also you can use Calibre but I prefer KindleUnpack, and if it's necessary, I use Sigil to polish the files produced by KindleUnpack. |
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06-21-2013, 08:57 AM | #3 |
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I prefer the opposite approach: I build my books in Sigil and upload the resulting epub to the KDP. They convert beautifully, or anyhow with no more (and probably fewer) glitches than any other method known to me.
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06-24-2013, 05:03 PM | #8 |
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Well, it answered his question! ("Opposite? You mean from Epub to Mobi?")
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Do you really unpack Mobi to make ePub? How do you deal with cleaning out the HTML and then making the CSS? |
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The way I go from Mobi > ePub is to use Calibre to convert, use Modify ePub to put in the cover and then use Sigil to rename the files and clean up the code/CSS. I find that's the easiest way to do it.
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Some .mobi books -especially if they were generated with Kindlegen 2.x- have a .kf8 version AND an old .mobi version inside (all the more, files generated by the service of Kindle Direct Publishing, are .mobi files). When we use KindleUnpack to unpack that kind of files, then the KindleUnpack produces an .epub book -for the .kf8 part of the original mobi- and others files for the .mobi7 part. We must work in Sigil with the .epub generated from the .kf8 part. Of course, if the book is an old one (previous to .kf8/azw3) then things are more difficult. Still we can build an epub with the .html, .ncx and .opf generated by KindleUnpack and the epub will work in ADE but won't validate at Epubcheck. If we want to be more prolix, then as you say, we have to use a lot of regex to clean de .html and after that to write a css stylesheet. But still in the case that we have an old mobi and we make an epub with Calibre, also will have to work with it, because the .epub generated by Calibre is not the best one that we can build and have. Regards |
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Just in the case that the mobi file is an old one For the new .mobi files, IMHO is better to use KindleUnpack and -ONLY if it's necessary- Sigil. But of course, I respect your opinion.
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So if you have a Mobi, how do you convert it to ePub? |
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06-25-2013, 08:59 AM | #15 | |
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Well, Amazon seems not to think like you When we, nowadays, get a book from the service of Kindle Direct Publishing, we get a .mobi but THAT .mobi has inside a .kf8 and a .mobi7. So we can't call .mobi anymore just the old mobi format; now there are mobis that are -simultaneously- .kf8 and .mobi7. Now, if you consider .mobi ONLY the old .mobi format, then you are right and KindleUnpack is not the best option to convert the .mobi in .epub. But how do you know is the .mobi is a modern one or old one? The best thing is trying with KindleUnpack and to see if produces or not an .epub. If so, then we have our .epub; if not, then we can follow your indications. Regards Last edited by RbnJrg; 06-25-2013 at 10:54 AM. |
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