Thread: Free/Bargain Science Fiction/Fantasy in August 2013
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Old 08-04-2013, 09:53 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib View Post
It was.

These are HUGE downloads. Calibre may not work on such a large file, if conversion is a necessity for you.

Don
RE: Tor short-story anthology.
I got this earlier, and haven't tried the following yet, but.. some forum members on Tor.com say that loading in Calibre, and running a conversion to the same format, will seriously reduce the file size.
(i.e., if you've got the mobi file, have calibre convert it from mobi to mobi.)
No reported problems getting it to load in calibre on the Tor site (as opposed to Sigil locking up, etc.)

Original mobi file around 153 mB, reported size after conversion around 25 mB.
Original epub file around 68 mB, reported size after epub-to-epub calibre conversion, 48 mB.

I still like the idea of using EpubSplit to break it down into more manageable chunks, but at least the same-format conversion seems like it'll get the file small enough for a lot of ereaders to accept it.

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