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Old 06-18-2024, 03:21 PM   #1307
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Originally Posted by TK423 View Post
Beginner question here but what is the actual difference between using KindleUnpack versus simply using Calibre to convert a AZW3 file to EPUB?
It depends on your goals, too, I guess. If you're simply looking for a conversion from a Kindlebook to an EPUB, then there's probably very little difference for you.

But KindleUnpack (originally MobiUnpack) began life as an inspection/extraction tool for Kindle books. Markup was extracted with as much attention to detail as possible. There are no assumptions/changes made when unpacking a Kindle book with KindleUnpack.

Massaging that unpacked Kindle book markup into an EPUB was a relatively new feature for KindleUnpack. And to be quite frank: the resulting EPUB can be quite the non-compliant mess unless the Kindle book in question was actually created from an epub in the first place (granted: most of them are made from EPUBS any more).
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