Calibre soft ebook conversion

nihon94 · 01-25-2019, 06:24 AM

Hi, I am new here this is my first post.

I recently downloaded and installed Calibre 64bit - E-book management software (a freeware). When I convert an epub ebook in to PDF, the software also create a new epub ebook, meta data, converted PDF book etc in a folder. If I got to convert 5 ebooks then I got more non required items. That is not good for Hard drive in long run.
I wonder if, there is a way I can only convert what I want and nothing else?
Any help in this regard will be appreciated.

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Lizj1 · 01-25-2019, 08:26 AM

Hi Nihon,

your question might be better asked in the Calibre forum, but here is what I know.

When you add a book to Calibre, it creates its own copy in a file structure that you can't mess with. Converting the book to PDF or MOBI or any other format just adds the new format to this folder.

I don't think there is a way to use Calibre to convert a book without adding it to Calibre's database first.

You can delete the original copy of the book, or consider it as a safety net in case of problems.

Liz

mbovenka · 01-25-2019, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lizj1

I don't think there is a way to use Calibre to convert a book without adding it to Calibre's database first.

Not in the GUI, no. You can do it by using the command line tool ebook-convert, if you want to. That does exactly what the name implies.

01-25-2019, 06:24 AM	#1
nihon94 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: none	Calibre soft ebook conversion Hi, I am new here this is my first post. I recently downloaded and installed Calibre 64bit - E-book management software (a freeware). When I convert an epub ebook in to PDF, the software also create a new epub ebook, meta data, converted PDF book etc in a folder. If I got to convert 5 ebooks then I got more non required items. That is not good for Hard drive in long run. I wonder if, there is a way I can only convert what I want and nothing else? Any help in this regard will be appreciated. How many time I got to enter Captcha?

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01-25-2019, 08:26 AM	#2
Lizj1 Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 100000 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, Kindle 3, Kobo H20, Oasis 2	Hi Nihon, your question might be better asked in the Calibre forum, but here is what I know. When you add a book to Calibre, it creates its own copy in a file structure that you can't mess with. Converting the book to PDF or MOBI or any other format just adds the new format to this folder. I don't think there is a way to use Calibre to convert a book without adding it to Calibre's database first. You can delete the original copy of the book, or consider it as a safety net in case of problems. Liz

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