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maddz · 12-12-2010, 05:03 PM

Not sure if this is possible or not, but I have some collected works which I want to split back out into the individual books (the collections aren't following the internal chronology of the series very well which is annoying). The earlier collections are .prc format, the later are .mobi, both fortunately don't have DRM applied.

What I want to do is to open the file, save it as the individual book, and delete the content that is not that book, then repeat the process for each of the books and novellas in that collected file. I looked using TextEdit, but the .prc format doesn't lend itself to that. I could download text versions and modify those, but I want the compression of the .prc files.

Any suggestions? I use a Mac, OX 10.5, reading on an Aluratek Libre.

12-12-2010, 05:03 PM	#1
maddz Wizard Posts: 1,405 Karma: 30039536 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Icarus, iPad Mini 2, Kobo Touch, Google Nexus 7	Splitting .prc (and .mobi files) Not sure if this is possible or not, but I have some collected works which I want to split back out into the individual books (the collections aren't following the internal chronology of the series very well which is annoying). The earlier collections are .prc format, the later are .mobi, both fortunately don't have DRM applied. What I want to do is to open the file, save it as the individual book, and delete the content that is not that book, then repeat the process for each of the books and novellas in that collected file. I looked using TextEdit, but the .prc format doesn't lend itself to that. I could download text versions and modify those, but I want the compression of the .prc files. Any suggestions? I use a Mac, OX 10.5, reading on an Aluratek Libre.