How good is resulting MOBI file when converting from ePub?

droopy · 03-04-2015, 11:22 AM

Dear Calibre users,

I'm considering buying an Amazon Kindle. Many of my books are in ePub (DRM free). I understand that Kindle doesn't read ePub files, so converting to a format it understands, such as Mobi, is necessary.

How faithful to the original ePub would the Kindle-readable file be? Is there some formatting lost?

DiapDealer · 03-04-2015, 11:33 AM

If you get a relatively recent-model Kindle, you will be able to make use of the KF8 (azw3) format. Depending on the conversion settings chosen (and how the original EPUB was constructed), EPUB to KF8 should be fairly lossless as far as formatting is concerned.

EPUB is the preferred source for generating Kindlebooks these days, afterall.

theducks · 03-04-2015, 11:38 AM

If you Side load, use AZW3 and set your Kindle to use publishers styles
All that is lost is page Margins can't be rendered as 0 (there is a temporary-fragile hack to override words per line: setting. I use 10, the default is 40)

03-04-2015, 11:22 AM	#1
droopy Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	How good is the resulting Kindle file when converting from ePub? Dear Calibre users, I'm considering buying an Amazon Kindle. Many of my books are in ePub (DRM free). I understand that Kindle doesn't read ePub files, so converting to a format it understands, such as Mobi, is necessary. How faithful to the original ePub would the Kindle-readable file be? Is there some formatting lost? Last edited by droopy; 03-04-2015 at 11:37 AM.

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03-04-2015, 11:33 AM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,509 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	If you get a relatively recent-model Kindle, you will be able to make use of the KF8 (azw3) format. Depending on the conversion settings chosen (and how the original EPUB was constructed), EPUB to KF8 should be fairly lossless as far as formatting is concerned. EPUB is the preferred source for generating Kindlebooks these days, afterall.

03-04-2015, 11:38 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,952 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	If you Side load, use AZW3 and set your Kindle to use publishers styles All that is lost is page Margins can't be rendered as 0 (there is a temporary-fragile hack to override words per line: setting. I use 10, the default is 40)

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