Combining epubs?

Catlady · 04-08-2011, 12:04 PM

Is there a simple way to combine several epubs (short stories) into one epub? I don't especially care about adding a table of contents--I just want to be able to get all the stories into one file.

My bright idea was to zip all the stories into a single file and then convert the zip file with Calibre, but that didn't work--the resulting epub only gave me the first story. Any suggestions?

Faster · 04-08-2011, 12:30 PM

There may be something simpler and quicker, but this works:
Let's say you have 5 stories as epubs.
Using copies, change the file extensions of stories 2-5 to 'zip'.
Unpack each one.
Load story 1 into Sigil.
Right click a folder in the left hand side panel and choose Add existing items...
Navigate to the unpacked other stories and select all the Text items within the Text folder.
Repeat for each story. (You may need to modify filenames to differentiate between stories.)
If there are images and/or different stylesheets repeat for those.
In Sigil do any rearranging necessary then save.

Catlady · 04-08-2011, 12:40 PM

Thanks. I was hoping I could avoid unpacking each story (there are about 50-60 of them).

I haven't used Sigil yet--I'll have to take a look at it.

04-08-2011, 12:04 PM	#1
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,409 Karma: 52613881 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	Combining epubs? Is there a simple way to combine several epubs (short stories) into one epub? I don't especially care about adding a table of contents--I just want to be able to get all the stories into one file. My bright idea was to zip all the stories into a single file and then convert the zip file with Calibre, but that didn't work--the resulting epub only gave me the first story. Any suggestions?

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04-08-2011, 12:30 PM	#2
Faster Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 12096 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Tasmania Device: Sony PRS 650	There may be something simpler and quicker, but this works: Let's say you have 5 stories as epubs. Using copies, change the file extensions of stories 2-5 to 'zip'. Unpack each one. Load story 1 into Sigil. Right click a folder in the left hand side panel and choose Add existing items... Navigate to the unpacked other stories and select all the Text items within the Text folder. Repeat for each story. (You may need to modify filenames to differentiate between stories.) If there are images and/or different stylesheets repeat for those. In Sigil do any rearranging necessary then save.

04-08-2011, 12:40 PM	#3
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,409 Karma: 52613881 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	Thanks. I was hoping I could avoid unpacking each story (there are about 50-60 of them). I haven't used Sigil yet--I'll have to take a look at it.

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