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kelemvor · 04-06-2016, 10:11 PM

Howdy,

I have a folder with about 150 books in it. Each book is in a folder based on the series the book belongs to. One of the things I *HATE* about calibre is that it groups the books by author on the hard drive which sucks.

What I want to accomplish is to take the books exactly as they are organized now and convert them from EPUB to MOBI.

I did this using the ebook-convert command line tool that comes with Calibre and it worked but none of the cover art shows up in the Kindle for Android app. I tried using the --share-not-sync option per the FAQ but that had no effect. Anyone know if there's a different flag/toggle I need to use to make this work?

Anyway, I took 3 of the books and put them into Calibre and converted them via right-click | convert. Those books do show the cover art just fine on my phone. It seems like converting from the GUI vs the command line is doing something differently but I don't know what.

I'm guessing that putting all the books into Calibre and doing a bulk conversion would work but it will destroy the organization of the books and will take a long time to get things sorted back out so I really don't want to do that option.

Anyone have any ideas on how to convert from EPUB to MOBI while leaving the files in their original folders and having the covert art work?

Thanks!

04-06-2016, 10:11 PM	#1
kelemvor Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Android	Problem converting with GUI vs command line Howdy, I have a folder with about 150 books in it. Each book is in a folder based on the series the book belongs to. One of the things I HATE about calibre is that it groups the books by author on the hard drive which sucks. What I want to accomplish is to take the books exactly as they are organized now and convert them from EPUB to MOBI. I did this using the ebook-convert command line tool that comes with Calibre and it worked but none of the cover art shows up in the Kindle for Android app. I tried using the --share-not-sync option per the FAQ but that had no effect. Anyone know if there's a different flag/toggle I need to use to make this work? Anyway, I took 3 of the books and put them into Calibre and converted them via right-click \| convert. Those books do show the cover art just fine on my phone. It seems like converting from the GUI vs the command line is doing something differently but I don't know what. I'm guessing that putting all the books into Calibre and doing a bulk conversion would work but it will destroy the organization of the books and will take a long time to get things sorted back out so I really don't want to do that option. Anyone have any ideas on how to convert from EPUB to MOBI while leaving the files in their original folders and having the covert art work? Thanks!