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schizoiddonkey · 11-16-2010, 09:14 AM

I am downloading news and I have a kindle. When the news is downloaded it is in mobi format. I have a couple of questions, and I've tried searching for answers.

1) Where is the default output format set? I see "kindle" in Common Options\Page Setup but changing this doesn't make any difference(to the news format). I also see EPUB as my preferred output format in Behaviour but I'm getting mobi.

2) I want epub as well as the mobi. I can convert manually, but this obviously doesn't suit. I want this so that I can use the content server to get the files onto an android device for reading. Is there any way to have all files added to the library (or even just news) converted into one or more formats? I wish all news sources to be in mobi and epub (or whatever other format).

I doubt that calibre defaults to mobi so I feel like I'm missing an option here. Any help appreciated.

11-16-2010, 09:14 AM	#1
schizoiddonkey Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: kindle	Automatic conversions - news or otherwise? I am downloading news and I have a kindle. When the news is downloaded it is in mobi format. I have a couple of questions, and I've tried searching for answers. 1) Where is the default output format set? I see "kindle" in Common Options\Page Setup but changing this doesn't make any difference(to the news format). I also see EPUB as my preferred output format in Behaviour but I'm getting mobi. 2) I want epub as well as the mobi. I can convert manually, but this obviously doesn't suit. I want this so that I can use the content server to get the files onto an android device for reading. Is there any way to have all files added to the library (or even just news) converted into one or more formats? I wish all news sources to be in mobi and epub (or whatever other format). I doubt that calibre defaults to mobi so I feel like I'm missing an option here. Any help appreciated.