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Originally Posted by AlexBell
Thanks, Jinlo.
Mobi2mobi.py is a python script with which one can change the metadata in mobipocket files. I normally put new ebook downloads into the My ebooks folder, and look at them with the mobipocket desktop reader. I could see some things I'd like to change.
More information about mobi2mobi can be found in the ebook format>mobi section of the forum.
To answer your questions in turn:
- It's the mobi versions I have; I don't remember seeing prc versions, though I may have missed them.
- The problem occurs with all three of the Delver Magic series, but not the Alien Cradle ebook. When I try to use the command line version of mobi2mobi on any of the Delver Magic books it returns the error message 'Bogus database name! Is this really a Palm OS file? at Palm.PDB line 537'
After reading your response I wonder if the problem might be with Calibre rather than your file - that is, in the translation from prc to ebup to mobi. But I'm certainly not an expert. I suppose the only way to find out is to run mobi2mobi on the original prc version.
I also wonder why you do this transfer. So far as I know prc files created by Mobipocket Creator are for all practically purposes equivalent to mobi files; they can certainly be read by the Mobipocket reader on my Cybook and by the reader on my desktop.
Hope this helps, Alex
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Alex:
Thanks very much for all that information.
I downloaded mobi2mobi and tried it on the Delver Magic mobi files and got the exact same error message you received. I also tried it on the Alien Cradle mobi file and I did not get any errors.
This is going to take some time for me to figure out because I'm nearly certain I used the exact same process for all the books in creating different formats. I have no idea at the moment what could be causing the problem for the Delver books and not the Alien Cradle file.
As for why I made the mobi files when I already had the prc files, I made the prc files first. Then I found Calibre and saw that I could also make mobi files. I didn't know if there was a difference or if people had a preference, so I made both. I thought it would be best to offer as many options as possible.
Thanks again. Hopefully, I will figure this out.
Jeff Inlo