Thread: Calibre "chokes" on large ebook conversion
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Old 02-10-2015, 10:07 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
The general advice: RUN (however long) till it crashes

Additional advice: RAM, lots of it. X64 processor (and Calibre),so you can have even MORE RAM
+1 for the above. Another hint, if (and only if) you're going from AZW3 to epub: use the KindleUnpack plugin to convert. It unpacks the AZW3 and repacks the resulting HTML into an epub without doing much else. It's much faster than a Calibre conversion for big and/or complex books.
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