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Originally Posted by Blue2u
Hi, I'm fairly new to the forums and just learning how to 'tinker' with Calibre etc. I did a quick search here and at Calibre and can't seem to find a guide that explains how to break a bundle apart. I just bought 2 bundles, and I'd like to learn how to do this. If it's not too much trouble could you point me to a help link? I hope it's not too complicated or I may not even attempt it, but I'd certainly like to try to learn how to do this. Your help is appreciated.   |
Before you can do anything your epub file must be editable, I can't help you with this step other than suggesting you google Apprentice Alf.
These are the steps I use:
1. Import your bundle file into Calibre
2. Edit meta data. Change title from the bundle name to that of one of the individual books. Change the cover to that of the individual book by using the download cover option in Calibre or downloading a cover onto your computer then using the Browse option under the change cover section to select your downloaded file.
3. Tweak epub. Right click on the file in Calibre to open the popup and select Tweak epub. Click the "Explode ePub" button in the new popup this will open a file explorer window. Open the OEPBS folder, here you will see all the indvidual files included in the bundle. If you're lucky you can determine which book they belong to by the file name. If you're not lucky the file names may be a series of somewhat random numbers and letters, however all the files belonging to a single book will likely begin with the same series of numbers and letters. In this case to determine which book is which, click on one of the HTML files. It should open a browser window where you should be able to see the title of the book on the browser's tab. Once you've established what's what, delete all the html files that do not belong to the book you named earlier. When done close the window and click Rebuild epub in the popup that should still be open.
4. Edit TOC. I've been using Sigil to edit my Table of Contents file however you can also use any text editor and edit the file before the Rebuild ePub step. Open file in Sigil, select the toc.ncx file, delete any entries that do not belong to your book. Save file, close Sigil.
Regardless of which method you use, you will need at least a rudimentary knowledge of HTML to edit the TOC.
5. Back in Calibre reconvert it to epub.
That's one book done, repeat the process for each book in the bundle starting with importing the bundle file again. If you screw up, don't panic, just the delete the file from Calibre the reimport the bundle file.
You can also do all of the above in Sigil, I prefer the tweak epub method because I can delete multiple files at once. In Sigil you have to delete them one . . at . . a . . time (unless I'm just missing a method of selecting multiple files at once).