I've never used command prompts before and ActivePython has a gui front. To me it's like I have this robot that has been programmed to spoon feed me, and all I need to do is tell it where my mouth is - and you people are telling me I must to learn to feed myself!
That said... omg- it worked! Pointing to the kindle-related page on the wiki is what helped made it click in my pea brain. What I figured out was that I had to keep testing the argument's steps using >cd before running the whole argument. I still don't understand the truncated arguments given as examples - I had to key in each & every\Tools\Scripts\ subdirectory & file to poke the specific script. Is it inappropriate to be more specific?
After success I'll now admit- I have only one book that needed conversion. I could have paid for it over and over in every purchase-able format considering the couple of hours it took. But y'all helped me get 'er done, and now I know I can shift that format for personal use when needed. Thanks!