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Originally Posted by tomsem
It looks like some size reduction is necessary, either by reducing image dimensions or decreasing quality. Not surprisingly, ePub ends up about the same size as the CBZ I used (300MB+), and Send To Kindle has limit of 200MB.
Another option is to convert the KPF file directly to KFX or MOBI ('for old Kindles') directly for side loading.
Kindle Previewer 3 will Export to .mobi (mobi 7). It is considerably smaller but lacks any manga features: it just presents a series of images with manga page turns.
KFX Output plugin will convert KPF to KFX via CLI (it uses command line interface of KP3). There are some limitations to the KFX output (see plugin notes). I was able to convert the large KPF successfully with a 'might be too large for some devices' warning, but Scribe opened it just fine with full manga features.
Calibre conversion of ePub to KF8 succeeds (still 340 MB), the viewer does a reasonable job with it, but Scribe would not open it. Not too surprising. A 'suitably small' KF8 should load okay with full manga features as well.
As I understand it, KFX can be loaded into memory in segments, whereas KF8 has to load all at once.
I have been looking for alternatives to KCC. It does a lot of things I don't want it to do, and doesn't do some others I'd like it to do. I looked at forking the code but it was a mess back then (a year or so ago), and while I had some success in hacking in my feature, I was not happy with the result in the end. Kindle Create does most of what I wanted it to do.
The only problem is Kindle Create has no command line interface, so it is not very amenable to scripting.
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Yes it seems that KFX with KFX output is the finest way but has some extra steps. There is another option that works fine but it doesn’t use full screen (a little margin is showed), and is to use KCC to delete margins and convert the output to pdf with ACBR wich is super fast doing conversions. Though manga mode and another features are lost.
Anyways it seems its not as easy as in the kobo devices but its not impossible
Thanks!!