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bwshore · 09-16-2011, 12:02 PM

Is it possible to view mobi books from Gutenberg using Calibre? if so, how?

I have some 50 books from the Gutenberg project, all mobi files obtained for free, on my iMac. I have no separate physical reader such as a Kindle or iPad. I thought I could use Calibre to maintain this library of books. But the conversion from mobi to epub, done by Calibre, ran for hours without completing all 50, and none of the converted books are readable: there is just a generic icon.

Has this been discussed already somewhere in the long list of mobi posts or in some other place?

09-16-2011, 12:02 PM	#1
bwshore Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: California Device: none	using Calibre to read Gutenberg mobi files Is it possible to view mobi books from Gutenberg using Calibre? if so, how? I have some 50 books from the Gutenberg project, all mobi files obtained for free, on my iMac. I have no separate physical reader such as a Kindle or iPad. I thought I could use Calibre to maintain this library of books. But the conversion from mobi to epub, done by Calibre, ran for hours without completing all 50, and none of the converted books are readable: there is just a generic icon. Has this been discussed already somewhere in the long list of mobi posts or in some other place?