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geek1011 · 03-30-2018, 08:39 PM

I am planning on creating a calibre plugin for my epub to kepub conversion tool kepubify. I would like to be able to skip the input plugin stage for epub inputs, so I can keep the fast conversion speeds (kepubify is about 12-30 times faster than the kepub output plugin). Basically, the plugin would run a standalone executable on the epub file, which results in a kepub file.

How should I go about creating this plugin? What type (conversion or just a toolbar button) should I use? And if it is a conversion plugin, how would I skip the input plugin stage for epub files.

I am new to calibre plugin development, but I already know python quite well.

Thanks in advance for the help.

03-30-2018, 08:39 PM	#1
geek1011 Wizard Posts: 2,731 Karma: 6678757 Join Date: May 2016 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Mini, Aura Edition 2 v1, Clara HD	Conversion plugins without input plugin I am planning on creating a calibre plugin for my epub to kepub conversion tool kepubify. I would like to be able to skip the input plugin stage for epub inputs, so I can keep the fast conversion speeds (kepubify is about 12-30 times faster than the kepub output plugin). Basically, the plugin would run a standalone executable on the epub file, which results in a kepub file. How should I go about creating this plugin? What type (conversion or just a toolbar button) should I use? And if it is a conversion plugin, how would I skip the input plugin stage for epub files. I am new to calibre plugin development, but I already know python quite well. Thanks in advance for the help.