09-26-2008, 12:37 PM | #1 |
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Mobipocket convert in mass?
Okay, I just posted a question about My Ebook Library, and now about Mobipocket. First, I love the program and would love to have all my books organized within it. The problem is that I have hundreds of books (mostly in PDF, a few in LIT) and it will take days to go through each one and converting into Mobipocket. Isn't there a way to convert an entire folder of books all at once? This would remove hours of hassle. Or is there something similar to Mobipocket, cuz I love it!
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09-26-2008, 12:50 PM | #3 |
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09-26-2008, 12:51 PM | #4 |
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Eek, batch file? Unfortunately I'm not that knowledgeable with this computer stuff.
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I also stated that is Mobipocket allowed for this then the batch file could add the files to the MP software too. But, I don't know if there is a command line API (or any API) for the Mobipocket reader software. BOb |
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A simple example. Lets say to add a .PRC file to Mobipocket you could do this at the command line: mobireader /add MYfilename.prc So, you could use the following command to add all the .prc files in a folder: for %%i in (*.prc) do mobireader /add %%i If you put than in a batch file named add2mobi.bat then you can just run that bat file anytime by double clicking it. BOb |
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09-26-2008, 04:22 PM | #7 |
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Okay, so your saying this will be able to convert all the pdfs within a certain folder and subfolders into mobipocket format (.prc)? I think I'm going to need a little bit more specific step by step instructions though. Starting with "start" click on "run", type "cmd" and hit enter.... and go from there Is that a good start?
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As for LIT, you can explode the LIT into it's component parts after you've remove the DRM using ConvertLIT and lit2oeb to explode it. Then use Mobipocket Publisher to load the OEB file and generate a PRC. But I don't know of any way easy way to automate the process. |
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09-26-2008, 08:30 PM | #12 |
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No. I think the Reader must have a PDF to HTML initial step before (effectively) calling mobigen. One possibility is Calibre's any2epub, although I have not tried it on PDFs and mobigen's ePub import is not yet all that good (e.g. does not read the toc.ncx file).
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mobopicket has a pdf2xml tool that they use. its based on xpdf, so its source is available somewhere on the mobipocket dev site, i forget where.
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Searching for pdf2xml on MobiPocket forums I found the following: Quote:
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