Thread: Calibre exclude format conversion when adding books
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Old 04-19-2015, 07:37 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Given that AZW3 is a "richer" format than Mobi, if you do auto-conversion, could you not solve all your problems by setting AWZ3 as your auto-convert format, rather than Mobi? As things stand, when you convert ePub to Mobi, you're throwing away a lot of formatting information that's in the book, whereas ePub to AZW3 is (pretty much) lossless.

If you have a Kindle, it makes a lot more sense to use AZW3 as your default format, and not Mobi.
i was just about to post that suggestion , but you got there first

I am not a fan of the "auto convert when add books" option. I just added a few game guide PDFs, forgetting that I had left that option ticked after testing it for some other thread, , & calibre launched a bunch of long + unwanted pdf to epub conversions.

I wonder also how if it plays nice with other auto options, is there a risk of add + auto convert + merge duplicates leading to an overwrite of an existing book, or does auto convert look ahead & conclude " no need to do that one, the target format already exists ? "
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