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Originally Posted by TK423
Beginner question here but what is the actual difference between using KindleUnpack versus simply using Calibre to convert a AZW3 file to EPUB?
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For me, the main difference is that the calibre conversion messes with the css files and calibre can split a single xhtml file into multiple files where some nudnick has used multiple header tags in a single file. When the input file to Amazon was an ePub, KindleUnpack is a lot closer to the original structure.
If you are not planning on actually mucking with the ePub in an editor (Sigil, calibre ebook-editor, whatever), there is not much real difference. If you are planning on editing the ePub, KindleUnpack is the way to go.
I won't get into the philosophical differences I have with Kovid Goyal over attempting to create output files that are compliant to the ePub specs. There is quite a bit of cruft in the ePub specs but many publishers will insist that your ePub pass epubcheck before it will be accepted for publishing.