Thread: What is the best way to replace all my calibre kepubs with kepubify ones?
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Old 12-05-2018, 07:04 PM   #10
davidfor
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Originally Posted by geek1011 View Post
I would suggest the following steps, for now (until I finish the plugin, which won't be for a bit):
1. Backup the calibre library (after closing calibre)
2. Delete all .kepubs
3. Run kepubify on the calibre library folder
4. Batch rename the outputted .kepub.epub s into .kepub s (but keep the directory structure)
5. Merge the converted folder into the calibre library one
6. Start calibre again

I would do it this way, as as davidfor said, you can cheat and replace the books. Kepubify is also fastest when converting multiple books all at once. Also, this way needs the least scripting and is pretty simple.
I have to admit I haven't run kepubify before, and I hadn't realised it would do the directory structure like that (I would have been lazy and just shoved them all in a single directory). Having just tested it, can I suggest two extra options? An in-place option so that the output is put in the same location as the input. And an option to use "kepub" as the extension. Those would simplify this task a lot (and the latter would be useful for your plugin).
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