[tatagi]

a newbie myself, I am glad there's forum solely for ebook related topics.

I am trying to make collection of ebooks, turning my pc into privary library.
But as collection grows bigger, there comes storage limitation issue.

most of my ebooks are epub format, and each file is sized ranging from 10 to 40MBs, all with searchable text. (I don't like scanned version anyway, the quality will be compromised after compressing them to reduce sizes)

I heard that by removing embedded fonts you can expected to dramatically shrink the ebook size, regardless of page counts.

now, the question part.

1. how much can you expect the file size to be reduced? especially epub and pdf formats

2. will this affect original document in a bad way? like dislocated contents inside the charts or overall layouts, or some characters breakage (like empty square replacing the original character)

3. does Calibre support removing fonts? I have little to no knowledge of html or css editing. wish it's not too difficult and offer step by step solution.

4. any tips and advices while doing this.


Thank you so much in advance!