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jusmee · 11-01-2009, 02:54 AM

I have been using Calibre on linux until now, but today I installed it on my Windows 7 netbook. I told it to copy some ebooks to my Astak reader, and, unexpectedly, it asked if I wanted to convert the books as it copied them onto the device. I said yes, just to see what it would do. It converted them to mobi format, even though it's output format for conversions is set to ePub.

When I downloaded these books from Fictionwise I selected ePub. On Windows 7 using IE, it downloads a zip file, but under linux using Firefox, it downloads an .epub file. The zip file contains the same contents as the epub (after all, an epub is really a zip file anyway)

So this is why Calibre needed to convert, but the question is, why to .mobi, when a simple rename would have made it an epub?

Also, why does Win7/IE down a zip file from the same link/menu choice on fictionwise, that linux/Firefox doewnloads an epub?

11-01-2009, 02:54 AM	#1
jusmee Wizard Posts: 1,047 Karma: 203682 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Libre 2	Unexpected conversion I have been using Calibre on linux until now, but today I installed it on my Windows 7 netbook. I told it to copy some ebooks to my Astak reader, and, unexpectedly, it asked if I wanted to convert the books as it copied them onto the device. I said yes, just to see what it would do. It converted them to mobi format, even though it's output format for conversions is set to ePub. When I downloaded these books from Fictionwise I selected ePub. On Windows 7 using IE, it downloads a zip file, but under linux using Firefox, it downloads an .epub file. The zip file contains the same contents as the epub (after all, an epub is really a zip file anyway) So this is why Calibre needed to convert, but the question is, why to .mobi, when a simple rename would have made it an epub? Also, why does Win7/IE down a zip file from the same link/menu choice on fictionwise, that linux/Firefox doewnloads an epub?