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StillReading · 10-25-2014, 04:25 AM

I wonder if there is a way to identify which books (files or formats, to be more precise) have been converted by Calibre, and which are the "original" formats.

My thinking: from what I understand, conversion is an inherently "lossy" process, as there is no guarantee the conversion will produce an identical copy of the original book in the new format (identical in this case meaning "looking exactly like the original format in all details"). I'm currently not using "manual conversion", I'm thinking about the auto-convert process when copying books to my eBook reader (Kindle Paperwhite). Any insight is appreciated.

10-25-2014, 04:25 AM	#1
StillReading Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: none	Identify converted books (files/formats)? I wonder if there is a way to identify which books (files or formats, to be more precise) have been converted by Calibre, and which are the "original" formats. My thinking: from what I understand, conversion is an inherently "lossy" process, as there is no guarantee the conversion will produce an identical copy of the original book in the new format (identical in this case meaning "looking exactly like the original format in all details"). I'm currently not using "manual conversion", I'm thinking about the auto-convert process when copying books to my eBook reader (Kindle Paperwhite). Any insight is appreciated.