Device for both ePub and Mobipocket?

Drak Bibliophile · 12-08-2009, 07:29 PM

I currently have a Cybook and enjoy using it. However, with the move to ePub format, I'm wondering if there's a device that can read both. While it is possible that there's software that could convert Mobipocket ebooks to ePub, I have so many Mobipocket ebooks that I don't want to have to convert them all.

HansTWN · 12-08-2009, 07:31 PM

It is impossible if both file types have DRM, because Mobipocket doesn't allow any competing formats. If you have removed DRM, no problem. By the way, Calibre can mass convert books.

wallcraft · 12-08-2009, 07:48 PM

if you have a lot of MOBI ebooks, one approach would be to keep the Cybook and the MOBIs, strip the DRM from Adobe ePub and format shift from ePub to MOBI using Calibre. Doing this looses some formatting, but Calibre's ePub to MOBI is very good at keeping as much ePub flavor as possible in MOBI format.

If you want to switch to ePub as your primary format, then, as HansTWN says, only DRM-free MOBI will be allowed on the device and mass conversion by Calibre to ePub may be a viable alternative. In any case, the PocketBooks and the Hanlins (BeBook, EZ Reader, ...) support DRMed ePub and DRM-free MOBI.

Drak Bibliophile · 12-08-2009, 08:26 PM

How do you strip the DRM from Abobe ePub?

By the way, I've stripped the DRM from my MOBI.

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Originally Posted by wallcraft

if you have a lot of MOBI ebooks, one approach would be to keep the Cybook and the MOBIs, strip the DRM from Adobe ePub and format shift from ePub to MOBI using Calibre. Doing this looses some formatting, but Calibre's ePub to MOBI is very good at keeping as much ePub flavor as possible in MOBI format.

If you want to switch to ePub as your primary format, then, as HansTWN says, only DRM-free MOBI will be allowed on the device and mass conversion by Calibre to ePub may be a viable alternative. In any case, the PocketBooks and the Hanlins (BeBook, EZ Reader, ...) support DRMed ePub and DRM-free MOBI.

wallcraft · 12-08-2009, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drak Bibliophile

How do you strip the DRM from Abobe ePub?

See Adobe ADEPT DRM for EPUB circumvented. This is easier to use than mobidedrm.py, because even though ineptepub.pyw also requires Python it does not need the command line.

Drak Bibliophile · 12-08-2009, 09:26 PM

wallcraft, I followed that thread but couldn't find the info. It's disappeared.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallcraft

See Adobe ADEPT DRM for EPUB circumvented. This is easier to use than mobidedrm.py, because even though ineptepub.pyw also requires Python it does not need the command line.

12-08-2009, 07:29 PM	#1
Drak Bibliophile Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Danville, IL USA Device: EZReader	Device for both ePub and Mobipocket? I currently have a Cybook and enjoy using it. However, with the move to ePub format, I'm wondering if there's a device that can read both. While it is possible that there's software that could convert Mobipocket ebooks to ePub, I have so many Mobipocket ebooks that I don't want to have to convert them all.

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12-08-2009, 07:31 PM	#2
HansTWN Wizard Posts: 4,538 Karma: 264065402 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD	It is impossible if both file types have DRM, because Mobipocket doesn't allow any competing formats. If you have removed DRM, no problem. By the way, Calibre can mass convert books.

12-08-2009, 07:48 PM	#3
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	if you have a lot of MOBI ebooks, one approach would be to keep the Cybook and the MOBIs, strip the DRM from Adobe ePub and format shift from ePub to MOBI using Calibre. Doing this looses some formatting, but Calibre's ePub to MOBI is very good at keeping as much ePub flavor as possible in MOBI format. If you want to switch to ePub as your primary format, then, as HansTWN says, only DRM-free MOBI will be allowed on the device and mass conversion by Calibre to ePub may be a viable alternative. In any case, the PocketBooks and the Hanlins (BeBook, EZ Reader, ...) support DRMed ePub and DRM-free MOBI.

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