Is it possible to do a MOBI(new)conv. while maintaining the dictionary structure? PW3

leito360 · 09-15-2015, 09:27 AM

Hello.
I just got my hands on a couple of dictionaries about Politics and Economy. All of them are in MOBI (new) format, and correctly recognized and labelled under the "Dictionaries" folder. When I move them to my device I can't open them, I get some error like "If you downloaded this from Amazon, delete it and get it from the Cloud".

But if I convert the dictionaries from Mobi (new) to Mobi (old) or to Mobi to AZW3 they lost its "dictionary" formatting, and search through them as a normal book turns into a pain (I tried it and the search tool is extremely innacurate).

So, is there a way to do any type of conversion while maintaining the "dictionary format" in each file?

kovidgoyal · 09-15-2015, 09:28 AM

No, conversion of dictionaries is not supported. Converting one will always result in a normal book.

leito360 · 09-15-2015, 10:26 AM

Solved it

I just uploaded the .mobi dictionaries to the cloud (Sent them by email)

09-15-2015, 09:27 AM	#1
leito360 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	Is it possible to do a MOBI(new)conv. while maintaining the dictionary structure? PW3 Hello. I just got my hands on a couple of dictionaries about Politics and Economy. All of them are in MOBI (new) format, and correctly recognized and labelled under the "Dictionaries" folder. When I move them to my device I can't open them, I get some error like "If you downloaded this from Amazon, delete it and get it from the Cloud". But if I convert the dictionaries from Mobi (new) to Mobi (old) or to Mobi to AZW3 they lost its "dictionary" formatting, and search through them as a normal book turns into a pain (I tried it and the search tool is extremely innacurate). So, is there a way to do any type of conversion while maintaining the "dictionary format" in each file?

09-15-2015, 10:26 AM	#3
leito360 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	Solved it I just uploaded the .mobi dictionaries to the cloud (Sent them by email) Last edited by leito360; 09-15-2015 at 10:30 AM.

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09-15-2015, 09:28 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No, conversion of dictionaries is not supported. Converting one will always result in a normal book.

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